Hilar bronchial carcinoid tumor: Increased peritumoral vascular expression of somatostatin-2 receptor on an octreotide study?

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 870-871

  Koh, Eamon ^a,b   Patrikeos, Andrew ^a   Steens, Rodney ^a   Robins, Peter ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; In 111 Octreotide; Peritumoral Veins; Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; SOMATOSTATIN 2 RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG HILUS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG; MALE; OCTREOTIDE; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034815930     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200110000-00017     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. High density of somatostatin receptors in veins surrounding human cancer tissue: Role in tumor-host interaction?
2. Expression of somatostatin receptors in peritumoral veins of human tumors