Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The patients with inoperable hormone - secreting pituitary tumours are treated with cold somatostatin analogues, but it is not always effective. DOTA-TATE preparation is a somatostatin analogue coupled with β (−) emitter 90 Y. The efficacy of the treatment is based on excessive expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTR) in these tumours.The aim of the study: To assess the feasibility of treatment of pituitary tumours ...