68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma: a lesion-by-lesion comparison with 111In-octreotide SPECT/CT and conventional imaging

Lilian Yuri Itaya Yamaga,Marcelo Livorsi da Cunha,Guilherme de Carvalho Campos-Neto,Marcio Ricardo Taveira Garcia,Ji H. Yang,Cleber P. Camacho,Jairo Wagner,Marcelo Gusmão Funari

68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma: a lesion-by-lesion comparison with 111In-octreotide SPECT/CT and conventional imaging

2017

Lilian Yuri Itaya Yamaga
Marcelo Livorsi da Cunha
Guilherme de Carvalho Campos-Neto
Marcio Ricardo Taveira Garcia
Ji H. Yang
Cleber P. Camacho
Jairo Wagner
Marcelo Gusmão Funari

Purpose The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the detection rate of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT with 111In-octreotide SPECT-CT and conventional imaging (CI) in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) patients with increased calcitonin (Ctn) levels but negative CI after thyroidectomy.

Keywords:

Medullary cavity
Thyroid
Carcinoma
Radiology
Calcitonin
Medicine
Positron emission tomography
Thyroidectomy
Lesion
PET-CT
Nuclear medicine
111In-octreotide
thyroid carcinoma

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