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#760 Intraoperative Gamma Probe Detection of Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) with 111In-Pentetreotide

Introduction: MTC is a rare thyroid malignancy representing approximately 5-10% of all thyroid tumors. Early diagnosis and radical surgery are essential to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with MTC. Somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) expression has been described in MTC with a variable pattern, SSTR2 being prevalent. Although somatostatin analogues demonstrated poor efficacy in the control of MTC growth, SSTR expression can be useful in Nuclear Medicine diagnostic procedures. 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy and 68Ga-somatostatin analogues PET-CT represent valuable techniques in the detection of MTC, although with a lower sensitivity compared to 18F-DOPA PET-CT.

Conference: 10th Annual ENETSConcerence (2013)

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Authors: Iacovazzo D, Piacentini S, Lugli F, Fusco A, Perotti G,

Keywords: mtc, srs,