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Octreotide (also known as Sandostatin) is a man-made, synthetic version of the natural hormone somatostatin. It is normally delivered through injection and behaves similarly to somatostatin. ...
The use of labelled molecules with high specificity for an organ or receptor in scintigraphy generates good local images and minimises the exposure of other organs. Octreotide was the first somatostatin synthetic analogue introduced in clinical use in the localisation of tumours with superexpression of somatostatin receptor (sstr). ...
octreotate has been used for cancer diagnosis and therapy because of its high affinity to somatostatin subtype receptors sstr2 and sstr5. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytogenetic effect of radio-labelled octreotate in blood cells in vitro, using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay. ...