Cancer with unknown primary: finding a needle in a hay stack

• Published in: Experimental Oncology
• Date: 2012
• Main Authors: Giesel, F.L., Mehndiratta, A., Mafomane, M.P., Zechmann, C.M., Bergmann, F., Schemmer, P., Haberkorn, U., Kratochwil, C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2012
• Subjects: Case report
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/138693
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Cancer with unknown primary: finding a needle in a hay stack / F.L. Giesel, A. Mehndiratta, M.P. Mafomane, C.M. Zechmann, F. Bergmann, P. Schemmer, U. Haberkorn, C. Kratochwil // Experimental Oncology. — 2012. — Т. 34, № 1. — С. 64-65. — Бібліогр.: 6 назв. — англ.

Detection and resection of small neuroendocrine tumours (NET) is like finding a needle in a hay stack. Use of specific tracers such as 68Ga-DOTATOC in a PET/CT study has been proven to have a high sensitivity and specificity to cells expressing somatostatin-SSR receptors. The use of 99mTc-Octreotide...