tumors that do not express the somatostatin receptor (especially medullary thyroid carcinoma) are often missed. Gastrin-receptor scintigraphy (GRS) is a complementary technique that targets the ...

Other specific hormones related to clinical syndromes are gastrin for Zollinger–Ellison ... Molecular imaging, including somatostatin receptor scintigraphy but more so PET with specific tracers ...

Treatment of nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumors with somatostatin analogs has been controversial, given the low antitumor effects of these drugs. The PROMID study group now reports that ...