Limited role of carbidopa-assisted 18 F-FDOPA PET/CT in patients with sporadic non-functional gastroduodenal neuroendocrine neoplasms

Conclusions18F-FDOPA PET/CT is not sufficiently accurate for localization of primary well-differentiated nonfunctioning sporadic gastroduodenal NENs.18F-FDOPA PET/CT ’s value for the assessment of visceral and lymph node metastases needs to be clarified in multicenter trials including a larger number of patients.
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research