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[Nuclear medicine approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine neoplasms].
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Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) [Dtsch Med Wochenschr] 2024 Aug; Vol. 149 (15), pp. 871-878. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 16. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Despite, or perhaps because of the rarity of neuroendocrine neoplasms, the diagnosis and treatment of these malignancies is of particular importance. Nuclear medicine can make an important contribution to this challenge. It offers the most sensitive and specific imaging of these tumor entities and can be helpful in treatment due to the radiotherapeutic drugs that have recently been approved. This theragnostic (fusion of therapeutic and diagnostic) concept is based on the frequent overexpression of somatostatin receptors on neuroendocrine tumor cells.Using diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals based on analogues from somatostatin, most applications from the nuclear medicine are successful, an additional therapeutic method is SIRT, also known as TARE, in which the hypervascularization of NEN-metastases is used as a therapeutic target.<br />Competing Interests: Die Autorinnen/Autoren geben an, dass kein Interessenkonflikt besteht.<br /> (Thieme. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 1439-4413
- Volume :
- 149
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39013407
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2145-1379