Published 2012 | Version v1
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A pictoral review on somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in neuroendocrine tumors: The role of multimodality imaging with SRS and GLUT receptor imaging with FDG PET-CT

Creators

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai (India)

Description

Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy is considered as a comprehensive imaging modality for many neuroendocrine tumors. Multiple radiotracers using combinations of gamma or positron emitting radionuclides and tracers are now available. Newer radiopharmaceuticals using 99mTc labeled with TOC, TATE, NOC are good alternatives to the 68 - Gallium radiotracers where the PET facility is not available. The pictoral depicts the role of SRS using 99m TC – HYNIC –TOC radiotracers in staging and treatment planning of NETs. Characterization of the tumor biology using combined SRS and FDG PET/CT is also demonstrated with a proposed categorization method. The emerging role of SRS in tailored targeted radionuclide therapy is outlined in brief

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.111478; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698888

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698888;
DOI
10.4103/0971-3026.111478;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging - New Series (Print)
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 267-275
ISSN
0971-3026

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47081914
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGES; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS; SCINTISCANNING; SOMATOSTATIN; TECHNETIUM 99; TRACER TECHNIQUES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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PMCID: PMC3698888; PMID: 23833417; PUBLISHER-ID: IJRI-22-267; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3698888; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.