“…Currently, octreotide, a synthetic analogue of the somatostatin hormone, is widely used in nuclear medicine and investigated for diagnostics and therapy of neuroendocrine tumors and other somatostatin receptor positive tumors. 1 Octreotide conjugates with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) and 1,4,7,10-tetraaza cyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) ligands form stable complexes with Y 3+ , Lu 3+ , In 3+ , and Cu 2+ . Among the labeled conjugates, there are radiopharmaceuticals that are used in routine therapy ( 177 Lu-DOTATATE) or diagnostics ( 111 In-DTPAoctreotide) or are under clinical trials ( 90 Y-DOTATOC, 90 Y-DOTATATE, 64 Cu-DOTATATE, and 213 Bi-DOTATOC).…”