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Indium-111-labelled octreotide scintigraphy in the diagnosis and management of non-iodine avid metastatic carcinoma of the thyroid

Treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer is a success of modern medicine with the use of radioiodine ((131)I). However, a significant proportion of thyroid cancers may be non-iodine avid. Thyroid tumours are known to express somatostatin receptors. Octreotide, an analogue of somatostatin, can be c...

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Autores principales: Christian, J A, Cook, G J R, Harmer, C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12865913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601072