View source for 49. Radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine and neuroectodermal tumors.

* '''Neuroendocrine (carcinoid) tumors express somatostatin receptors -> radiopharmaceuticals will bind to these receptors'''
** '''Indications'''
*** Lung neuroendocrine tumors
*** Adenocarcinomas of GI tract and pancreas
** '''Radiopharmaceuticals which bind to SST receptors'''
*** '''111In-octreotide – indium-111-octreotide'''
*** 99mTc-depreotide
* '''I123-MIBG scintigraphy'''
** '''I123-MIBG binds to adrenergic receptors in neuroendocrine tumors'''
** Indications
*** Neuroblastoma
*** Phaeochromocytoma
** Thyroid must be protected from radiation
*** Iodine is given before examination

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