The value of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT in diagnosis and management of suspected pituitary tumors

Abstract Background Gallium 68-tetraazacyclododecane-tetraacetic acid-octreotate ([68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE) is a selective somatostatin analogue ligand, which shows increased affinity for somatostatin receptor subtype (SSTR) 2 and has been used routinely for imaging neuroendocrine tumors with PET/CT. We i...

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Main Authors: Fuad Novruzov, Aziz Aliyev, Ming Young S. Wan, Rizwan Syed, Elnur Mehdi, Irada Aliyeva, Francesco Giammarile, Jamshed B. Bomanji, Irfan Kayani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:European Journal of Hybrid Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41824-021-00104-3