Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): What if octreotide scanning is negative?
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Octreotide scanning for carcinoid tumours.
The somatostatin analogue octreotide may be used in the diagnosis of carcinoid and other neuroendocrine tumours. Radionuclide scanning following intravenous injection of 111Indium-labelled octreotide (111In-DTPA-pentetreotide) provides a sensitive, non-invasive method of localising somatostatin-positive tumours. The technique may also be used to identify patients who may respond to 'cold' octre...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.003