Authors: Irene Virgolini Valentina Ambrosini Jamshed B Bomanji Richard P Baum Stefano Fanti Michael Gabriel Nikolaos D Papathanasiou Giovanna Pepe Wim Oyen Clemens De Cristoforo Arturo Chiti
Publish Date: 2010/07/02
Volume: 37, Issue: 10, Pages: 2004-2010
Abstract
The aim of these guidelines is to assist nuclear medicine physicians in recommending performing reporting and interpreting the results of somatostatin SST receptor PET/CT imaging using 68GaDOTAconjugated peptides analogues of octreotide that bind to SST receptors This imaging modality should not be regarded as the only approach to visualizing tumours expressing SST receptors or as excluding other imaging modalities useful for obtaining comparable results The corresponding guidelines of 111Inpentetreotide scintigraphy imaging have been considered and partially integrated with this text The same has been done with the relevant and recent literature in this field and the final result has been discussed by distinguished expertsThese guidelines summarize the views of the Oncology Committee of the EANM and reflect recommendations for which the EANM cannot be held responsible The recommendations should be taken in the context of good practice of nuclear medicine and do not substitute for national and international legal or regulatory provisionsThe EANM has written and approved guidelines to promote the use of highquality nuclear medicine procedures These general recommendations cannot be applied to all patients in all practice settings The guidelines should not be deemed inclusive of all proper procedures and exclusive of other procedures reasonably directed to obtaining the same results The spectrum of patients seen in a specialized practice setting may be different than the spectrum usually seen in a more general setting The appropriateness of a procedure will depend in part on the prevalence of disease in the patient population In addition resources available for patient care may vary greatly from one European country or one medical facility to another For these reasons the guidelines cannot be rigidly applied
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