Toward Radioguided Surgery with β<sup>−</sup> Decays: Uptake of a Somatostatin Analogue, DOTATOC, in Meningioma and High-Grade Glioma

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Authors

F. Collamati · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

Alessandra Pepe · Sapienza University of Rome

F. Bellini · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

V. Bocci · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

G. Chiodi · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I

Marta Cremonesi · European Institute of Oncology

E. De Lucia

Abstract

Uptake of (90)Y-DOTATOC in meningiomas was high in all studied patients. Uptake in HGGs was significantly worse than in meningiomas but was still acceptable for RGS, particularly if further research and development are done to improve the performance of the β(-) probe.

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Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volume 56, Issue 1, pp. 3-8

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.145995

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Toward Radioguided Surgery with β<sup>−</sup> Decays: Uptake of a Somatostatin Analogue, DOTATOC, in Meningioma and High-Grade Glioma

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