Friday I had a nuclear PET/CT with Dotatate.....
The 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scan is a new generation of scan that offers improved sensitivity and resolution specifically for neuroendocrine tumors. DOTATATE labeled with the radioisotope gallium 68 is given in trace amounts injected intravenously. Like octreotide, DOTATATE binds to somatostatin receptors that are highly expressed in most neuroendocrine tumors. However, the spatial resolution of PET/CT is far superior to SPECT, so tumors expressing somatostatin receptors are more visible with DOTATATE PET/CT than with octreotide SPECT. Numerous clinical trials have verified that DOTATATE PET/CT yields a higher rate of lesion identification compared to conventional imaging technology
This is pretty damn cool if you ask me.... although its a lot of radiation in one shot, it can rule out and find these little bastards more easily. Adding some photos below of what a scan looks like (not my actual scan) and from MSK last Friday. Hoping we get the damn results today before Dayna and or I break some things......
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