Somatostatin receptor PET/CT in neuroendocrine tumours: Update on systematic review and meta-analysis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1770-1780

  Geijer, Håkan ^a   Breimer, Lars H ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

NET; Neuroendocrine; PET; Positron emission tomography; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

1,4,7,10 TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE 1,4,7,10 TETRAACETIC ACID (TYR 3) OCTREOTATE CU 64; 1,4,7,10 TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE 1,4,7,10 TETRAACETIC ACID (TYR 3) OCTREOTATE GA 68; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [1,4,7,10 TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE 1,4,7,10 TETRAACETIC ACID(0) PHE(1) TYR(3)]OCTREOTID GA 68;

CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885429709     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2482-z     Document Type: Review

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