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Guidelines on Radioisotope Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors

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The present chapter has the aim to provide the current position of radioimmunotherapy (RIT) for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), in the main national and international clinical guidelines. Table 24.1 reported a summary of clinical indications.

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Caobelli, F., Evangelista, L. (2018). Guidelines on Radioisotope Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors. In: Bombardieri, E., Seregni, E., Evangelista, L., Chiesa, C., Chiti, A. (eds) Clinical Applications of Nuclear Medicine Targeted Therapy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63067-0_24

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