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The detector can improve diagnostic accuracy in thyroid cancer imaging because of its high sensitivity to both medium-energy In(111) Somatostatin receptors and the high-energy I(131) tracer. The peptide is designed to adhere to somatostatin receptors that are present in several types of cancer, while the technetium-99m emits a gamma ray that is detectable by widely available gamma camera systems. The peptide is designed to adhere to somatostatin receptors that are overexpressed by several types of cancer, while the Re-188 isotope "warhead" emits a beta ray that destroys tumor cells. |
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