Name one somatostatin receptor isotope, what type of scan it is used for and why

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Name one somatostatin receptor isotope
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 Indium-111-Pentetreotide

source:
Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine
Somatostatin Receptor Imaging, hosted by harvard.edu:
http://brighamrad.harvard.edu/Cases/jpnm/hcache/1009/full.html

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what type of scan it is used for and why
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Scintigraphy.

Somatostatin receptor isotopes are used in a type of scan called "Scintigraphy."

This type of scan is used because it is sometimes more effective in
identifying certain carcinoid tumors than other imaging techniques.
See:
"Comment on Primary Localization of an Ectopic ACTH-Producing
Bronchial Carcinoid Tumor by Indium111 Pentetreotide Scintigraphy"
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/84/9/3399
Value of Peptide Receptor Scintigraphy Using 123I-Vasoactive
Intestinal Peptide and 111In-DTPA-D-Phe1-Octreotide in 194 Carcinoid
Patients: Vienna University Experience, 1993 to 1998
http://www.jco.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/6/1331


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search terms:
somatostatin receptor isotope
Scintigraphy, receptor, scan, scanning

I hope this helps.