The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of tomographic 99mTc-octreotide
acetate (hereafter, 99mTc-octreotide) scintigraphy in the detection of patients with suspected …

Some new radiotracers might add useful information and improve diagnostic confidence of
18F-FDG imaging in tumors. A multicenter clinical trial was designed to investigate the …

BACKGROUND 99mTC‐tetrofosmin recently has emerged as a new radiopharmaceutical
for cancer visualization. In this study, the authors have investigated, for the first time in a …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance of dual-head coincidence gamma
camera imaging using FDG in association with serum marker assays in identifying lung …

Purpose: To produce fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) images with markers for normal organs and
large blood vessels in patients with suspected lung cancer. Methods: Dual isotope SPECT …

Background Accurate staging of lung cancer is essential for effective patient management
and selection of appropriate therapeutic strategy. The aim of this paper was to compare the …

Technetium-99m-tetrofosmin is a radiopharmaceutical employed for myocardial imaging,
which has recently emerged as useful in the visualization of tumours. In this study …

To THE EDITOR: WereadwithgreatinterestthearticlebyKaoetal.(1) on the use of
99rnTctetrofosminSPECT imaging in the evaluationof single solid lung masses, based on …

Twenty-one patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) were investigated with 111in-
octreotide (111-In-OCT) scintigraphs, 5 hours after the iv injection of 111 MBq of the …

We evaluated octreotide scintigraphy in 81 untreated patients who were suspected of having
bronchial carcinoma. Octreotide scintigraphy visualized the primary tumour in all of 40 …