RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Diabetes mellitus and its effects on all-cause mortality after radiopeptide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO J Nucl Med FD Society of Nuclear Medicine SP jnumed.116.180687 DO 10.2967/jnumed.116.180687 A1 Umlauft, Maria A1 Radojewski, Piotr A1 Spanjol, Petar-Marko A1 Dumont, Rebecca A1 Marincek, Nicolas A1 Kollar, Attila A1 Brunner, Philippe A1 Beyersmann, Jan A1 Mueller-Brand, Jan A1 Maecke, Helmut A1 Laimer, Markus A1 Walter, Martin YR 2016 UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2016/09/13/jnumed.116.180687.abstract AB We aimed to assess the risk of developing diabetes mellitus and its effects on all-cause mortality after radiopeptide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Methods: NET patients received somatostatin radiopeptide therapy with yttrium-90-DOTATOC and/or lutetium-177-DOTATOC. The incidence of diabetes mellitus and its mortality were assessed using univariate and multivariate regression. Results: Overall, 1535 NET patients were enrolled, and received 3807 treatment cycles. After treatment, 72 patients developed diabetes mellitus, including 47 cases after yttrium-90-DOTATOC and 25 cases after combined treatment. The diabetes mellitus risk was higher before than after DOTATOC (Estimate: 0.0032, P < 0.001), and overall survival was similar in patients with and without diabetes mellitus (HR: 1.13, 95%CI: 0.91-1.39, n = 1535, P = 0.27). Conclusion: Radiopeptide therapy does not appear to increase the risk of developing diabetes mellitus in NET patients, while diabetes mellitus does not appear to increase the mortality of NET patients undergoing receptor-targeted radiopeptide therapy.