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Role of (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.
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PMID:  21750886     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of (68)Ga-DOTA(0)-Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-octreotide ((68)Ga-DOTATOC) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) for detection and staging of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). METHODS: Twenty patients with clinically suspected and/or histopathologically proven pancreatic NET underwent (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT imaging for staging and /or localisation of primary lesion. They also underwent contrast enhanced CT (CECT) and 8 patients underwent (18)F-FDG PET-CT. SUVmax of primary and metastatic lesions were measured. Results were verified with histopathology for primary tumour and with clinical follow up/MRI and /or biopsy for metastatic disease. Results of (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT were compared to CECT and (18)F-FDG PET-CT. RESULTS: (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT correctly localised primary in all 20, CECT in 15 and (18)F-FDG PET-CT in 2 patients. (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT demonstrated metastases in 13 patients, CECT in 7 and (18)F-FDG PET-CT in 2. (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT emerged as the best investigation with 100% sensitivity and PPV for detecting primary tumour and metastatic disease. The detection rate of CECT was lower than (68)Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT, both for primary tumour (20vs.15) or metastatic disease (13vs.7). (18)F-FDG PET-CT performed poorly for primary and metastasis. CONCLUSION: Ga-DOTATOC PET-CT is a very useful imaging investigation for diagnosing and staging pancreatic NET.
Authors:
Rakesh Kumar; Punit Sharma; Pramod Garg; Sellam Karunanithi; Niraj Naswa; Raju Sharma; Sanjay Thulkar; Sneh Lata; Arun Malhotra
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  European radiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1432-1084     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-13     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9114774     Medline TA:  Eur Radiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, E-81, Ansari Nagar (east), AIIMS Campus, New Delhi, 110029, India, rkphulia@yahoo.com.
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