Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 147-156 , April 2006

Survival and Response After Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy With [90Y-DOTA0,Tyr3]Octreotide in Patients With Advanced Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

  • Roelf Valkema, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Roelf Valkema, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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  • Stanislas Pauwels, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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  • Larry K. Kvols, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • GI Tumor Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Hospital, University of Florida, Tampa, FL.
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  • Raffaella Barone, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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  • Francois Jamar, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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  • Willem H. Bakker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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  • Dik J. Kwekkeboom, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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  • Hakim Bouterfa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ.
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  • Eric P. Krenning, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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PII: S0001-2998(06)00002-X

doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2006.01.001

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 147-156 , April 2006