Molecular imaging, including somatostatin receptor scintigraphy but more so PET with specific tracers, such as C 11-5HTP or Ga 68-DOTA octreotate, will improve staging and follow-up of therapy in ...

Because pituitary corticotroph adenomas express somatostatin receptors, somatostatin analogues have been investigated as a potential targeted therapy for the treatment of Cushing's disease.

and constitutional symptoms (for example, fatigue) were moderately improved, as was the patients' quality of life. ...somatostatin receptor-targeting radiopharmaceuticals should be a last resort ...

However, the researchers hypothesized that the cone snail’s version of somatostatin, Consomatin G1, might also selectively target the hormone-regulating receptor SSTR 2 due to its structural ...