Imaging of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by 68Ga-DOTATOC PET

M. Freesmeyer; St. Schulz; T. Knösel; U. Settmacher

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1621106

Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nuklearmedizin 2009; 48(03): N17-N18
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621106

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Imaging of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATOC PET

M. Freesmeyer

¹Departments of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Germany

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St. Schulz

²Departments of Pharmakology and Toxcology, University Hospital Jena, Germany

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T. Knösel

³Departments of Pathology, University Hospital Jena, Germany

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U. Settmacher

⁴Departments of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Germany

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