A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

18F-Fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine (FDOPA) in the Diagnosis of NET




AuthorsMinn H, Kemppainen J, Kauhanen S, Forsback S, Seppänen M

EditorsElsevier

PublisherW.B. Saunders Co.

Publication year2014

JournalPET Clinics

Book title PET Clinics

Number in series9

Volume9

Issue3

First page 27

Last page36

Number of pages10

ISSN1556-8598

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpet.2013.08.013(external)


Abstract

FDOPA is a powerful tool to diagnose and detect neuroendocrine tumors (NET) for planning and monitoring of surgical and oncological therapies. Especially pheochromocytomas, paragangliomas and medullary thyroid cancer are amenable to FDOPA imaging because of high specific uptake of this amino acid analogue and excellent tumor-to-background contrast at PET/CT.




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