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ea0026p66 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011

Metabolic endocrine tumor activity is reflected by total 18F-DOPA PET tumor uptake in patients with a carcinoid tumor

Fiebrich H-B , de Jong J R , Kema I P , Koopmans K P , Sluiter W J , Dierckx R A J O , Walenkamp A M E , Brouwers A H , de Vries E G E , Links T P

Introduction: Positron emission tomography (PET) using 6-[F-18]fluoro-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-DOPA) has an excellent sensitivity to detect carcinoid tumor lesions. 18F-DOPA-tumor uptake and the levels of biochemical tumor markers are mediated by tumor endocrine metabolic activity. Therefore we evaluated whether total 18F-DOPA-tumor uptake on PET, defined as the whole-body metabolic burden (WBMTB) reflects tumor load per pat...