Radio-active drugs used in the test

One of the most commonly used drugs is 18 F-FDG (Fluorodeoxyglucose), which has a relatively short half life of about 110 minutes.

 

Other medicines used in this facility:

  • 68Ga-DOTA-peptides (TOC, TATE, and NOC):

The above-mentioned drugs are a group of PET materials specifically attached to Somatostatin (SST) receptors that are highly expressed in neuroendocrine tumors (NET). PET/CT scans are much more effective than CT for demonstrating neuroendocrine tumors in patients.

 Clinical studies have also demonstrated the superiority of this type of PET in comperisem to the pentetreotide-SPECT scan to examine neuroendocrine tumors (NET) metastases and to find primary tumors.

68Ga-DOTA-TATE can also find the location of neural bladder tumors, such as paraganglioma, with more efficiency than MIBG.

  • 68Ga-DOTA-PSMA

The prostatic specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a specific glycoprotein that is highly expressed on the surface of the prostatic cells. In recent years, 68Ga has been used to label this antigen for diagnosis and 177Lu for treatment. At the level of PSA > 2.2, the detection rate of the prostate masses by this scan is approximately 100%.

  • 18F-FDG PET/CT Indications

Operating Hours :

Saturday
8am-6pm
Sunday
8am-6pm
Monday
8am-6pm
Tuesday
8am-6pm
Wednesday
8am-6pm
Thursday
8am-6pm
Friday
Holiday

Contact information

02192002202

info@petctkhatam.ir

Address:  Specialty and Subspecialty hospital of Khatam ol-Anbia, Rashid Yasemi street, Upper than Mirdamad street, Vali-Aser street, Tehran, Iran.