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SUBMITTER: Menda Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5493006 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 20170202 7
Localization of the site of the unknown primary tumor is critical for surgical treatment of patients presenting with neuroendocrine tumor (NET) with metastases. <b>Methods:</b> Forty patients with metastatic NET and unknown primary site underwent <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT in a single-site prospective study. The <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT was considered true-positive if the positive primary site was confirmed by histology or follow-up imaging. The scan was considered false-positive if no ...[more]