Treatment of neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the pancreas with Lutetium-177-DOTATATE
University Hospital Saarland Homburg
Homburg, Germany
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Program id #
691023
Prof. Dr. med. Samer Ezziddin
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Specialized in: nuclear medicine The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the hospital
- Clinical history taking
- Physical examination
- Laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- TSH, free T3, free T4
- indicators of inflammation
- coagulation tests
- Renal scintigraphy
- Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT (if indicated)
- Lutetium-177-DOTATATE treatment
- Full body scintigraphy after 24 hours
- Full body scintigraphy after 48 hours
- Symptomatic treatment
- Cost of essential medicines
- Nursing services
- Stay in the hospital with full board
- Accommodation in 2-bedded room
- Elaboration of further recommendations
How program is carried out
During the first visit, the doctor will carry out a general physical examination and go through the results of previous laboratory and instrumental tests. After that, you will undergo the necessary additional tests such as the assessment of liver and kidney function, scintigraphy of the skeleton and salivary glands, somatostatin receptor imaging with Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT. This will allow the doctor to assess how effective the radionuclide therapy with Lutetium-177-DOTATATE will be and how well you will tolerate it. Also, the doctor will calculate your individual dosage of the radionuclide.
Radionuclide therapy with Lutetium-177-DOTATATE is carried out via intravenous administration of a solution with the radioactive isotope Lutetium-177-DOTATATE. The solution is injected through a catheter. This is a short procedure, as the infusion usually takes no more than 20 minutes.
During the procedure, you will need to apply cooling bags to the salivary glands, as Lutetium-177-DOTATATE partially accumulates in the salivary glands, affecting their function and causing dry mouth. You will also receive intravenous saline solutions and amino acid solutions to protect your kidneys.
After the infusion of Lutetium-177-DOTATATE, you will stay in a specially equipped (radiation-shielded) ward for 48 hours. The drug is quickly excreted by the kidneys, and after 48 hours you will no longer be dangerous to others. During these 48 hours, you can read, use a mobile phone, tablet or computer – all these devices will not be a source of radiation in the future.
Follow-up examinations include whole-body scintigraphy or computed tomography in 24 hours and 48 hours after the procedure. Based on the results of the examination, the doctor will determine whether one procedure is enough for you, or whether you will need to visit the hospital again. As a rule, 1-2 procedures are required for achieving a stable positive result. Procedures are carried out with an interval of 8 weeks.
Required documents
- Medical records
- MRI/CT scan (not older than 3 months)
- Biopsy results (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Saarland Homburg offers patients the full range of modern methods of diagnostics and treatment using radioactive isotopes. The department actively carries out the very latest radioisotope tests, such as scintigraphy, PET/CT scans, and SPECT/CT scans. These procedures allow doctors to assess the metabolic processes in the body, due to which many pathologies are detected in their early stages, which significantly increases the chances of their successful cure. As for the treatment, of particular interest is the treatment of thyroid diseases and oncological pathologies. The department's doctors successfully carry out radioiodine therapy, radiosynoviorthesis, selective internal radiation therapy, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, and other therapeutic procedures. Treatment with radiopharmaceuticals is highly effective and practically does not cause any side effects. The department is certified by the German Cancer Society to treat many types of cancer. The department is the largest medical facility of this kind in Southwest Germany and offers patients top-class medical services.
The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Samer Ezziddin. The doctor is an international expert in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and targeted radionuclide therapy. He also specializes in radioembolization, diagnostics of thyroid pathologies, and multimodal imaging using PET-CT and SPECT-CT scans. Prof. Samer Ezziddin is well-known in professional medical circles and regularly diagnoses and treats patients with complex clinical cases, demonstrating excellent results.
The department has advanced gamma cameras and PET scanners for radioisotope diagnostics: scintigraphy, classical PET/CT scans, 18F-FDG PET/CT scans, PSMA PET/CT scans, somatostatin receptor-targeting peptide PET/CT imaging, choline PET/CT scans, SPECT/CT scans, and others. Prior to any diagnostic procedure, a patient is given a small dose of a radioactive agent intravenously or is offered to take a capsule with a radiopharmaceutical orally. Sometimes the drug can be inhaled through a special mask. Depending on the specific examination, the pharmaceutical may take part in metabolic processes or accumulate in certain internal organs. A radioisotope drug injected into the body emits gamma rays, which are converted into images using a gamma camera or a PET scanner. The great advantage of radioisotope tests is the absence of radiation exposure to the body, since the radiation dose from a radioisotope agent is mostly minimal as only small amounts of radioactive substances are used, which quickly decay and are excreted from the body. Therefore, when using almost all methods of nuclear medicine, there are no side effects.
In addition to diagnostics, a variety of radioisotope treatments are available in the department. The department's doctors have unique skills in radioiodine therapy for benign and malignant thyroid diseases, radiosynoviorthesis for inflammatory processes in the joints, radioactive phosphorus therapy for bone metastases, radioimmunotherapy for B-cell lymphomas, selective internal radiation therapy for liver tumors and metastases, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors, and Lu-177 and Ac-225 PSMA therapy for metastatic prostate cancer.
The department's team of doctors successfully treats thyroid diseases with radioiodine therapy. This type of treatment involves the administration of a small amount of radioactive iodine into the patient's body in the form of pills or capsules. Radioactive iodine is absorbed only by the cells of the thyroid gland, which excludes the effect of radiation on other internal organs. Radioiodine therapy can be used for both benign thyroid diseases (for example, for hyperthyroidism) and for differentiated forms of cancer of this organ. The main advantage of the treatment method is its high efficiency with minimal side effects. The benefits of therapy include the absence of pain during treatment. In addition, radioiodine therapy is an excellent alternative to thyroid surgery, which is associated with high risks of damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid glands. Treatment takes place on an inpatient basis. As a rule, the duration of the patient's stay in the hospital does not exceed 5-7 days. The final results of radioiodine therapy can be assessed 2-3 months after its completion.
The specialists of the medical facility are also deservedly proud of their exceptional professional skills in the field of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT). The technique is indicated for patients with malignant liver tumors and liver metastases who, for one reason or another, cannot undergo surgery. Selective internal radiation therapy is a type of internal radiation therapy. The principle of this type of treatment is the administration of a radioactive agent in the form of microspheres into the arterial vessels that supply the tumor. Radioactive microspheres penetrate into the tumor focus with blood flow and block its blood supply, due to which the tumor destruction occurs. SIRT uses intense short-range beta radiation (less than 1 cm), which allows doctors to deliver the maximum dose of radiation directly to the tumor without damaging the adjacent organs. The decision on the advisability of selective internal radiation therapy is made cooperatively by a treating oncologist, a specialist in nuclear medicine, and a radiologist. Upon the completion of treatment, patients are recommended to undergo follow-up examinations, including laboratory diagnostics and CT or MRI scans.
The department provides patients with targeted radionuclide Lu-177 PSMA therapy, which is an advanced treatment method for prostate cancer. This treatment is commonly used to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that cannot be treated with other methods available in oncology, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. A patient first undergoes a Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT scan to assess the advisability of using this type of treatment, with the help of which the department's doctors can determine the presence of increased expression of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). The essence of the therapy is the intravenous administration of the Lutetium-177 radiopharmaceutical, which binds to PSMA on the surface of tumor cells and thus irradiates the neoplasm, leading to its destruction. Lu-177 PSMA therapy has high efficiency rates and practically no side effects.
The department's range of diagnostic and therapeutic services includes the following:
- Diagnostics
- Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scans
- PSMA PET/CT scans
- PET/CT scans to detect amyloid protein (for example, in Alzheimer's disease)
- FET PET-CT scans for brain tumors
- PET/CT scans for detecting somatostatin receptors
- F-DOPA PET/CT scans
- Sodium fluoride PET/CT scans
- Choline PET/CT scans
- Treatment
- Radioiodine therapy
- Radiosynoviorthesis (RSO)
- Radioactive phosphorus therapy for bone metastases
- Selective internal radiation therapy
- Radioimmunotherapy
- Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
- Lu-177 PSMA therapy for metastatic prostate cancer
- Ac-225 PSMA therapy for metastatic and recurrent prostate cancer
- Other diagnostic and therapeutic options
Curriculum vitae
Higher Education and Professional Career
- Human Medicine studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
- 1997 German and American State Examinations.
- 1998 Internship in Endocrinology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Cologne.
- Board certification in Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn.
- 2006 Senior Physician, Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn.
- 2008 Managing Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn.
- Completion of the part-time Master's program "Clinical medical technology" at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn.
- 2014 Invitation to the position of Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Saarland Homburg.
- Professorship in Nuclear Medicine at the Saarland University.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
About hospital
The University Hospital Saarland Homburg is the largest hospital in the city of Homburg and the most important medical facility in the region. The hospital, which currently has 30 specialized departments and 20 institutes, was founded in 1947 and operates on the basis of Saarland University. The hospital plays a leading role in medical education, research, and medical care both in the state of Saarland and throughout Germany. With vast experience in serving foreign patients, the medical facility is also widely known in the international medical arena.
The pride of the hospital is state-of-the-art equipment that allows the doctors to perform high-precision comprehensive diagnostics and the most sparing treatment even if a patient has a severe pathology. Patients are offered innovative medicine based on the very latest scientific achievements. At the same time, the hospital offers many therapeutic methods that are used only in leading medical centers in Europe, including da Vinci robot-assisted surgery, CAR T-cell therapy, TAVI and MitraClip catheter-based procedures, innovative laser procedures, etc. Great importance is paid to ethical and social competence. The hospital is constantly improving the work of its medical personnel and infrastructure to provide medical services that meet the highest standards.
As a multidisciplinary medical complex, the hospital offers highly effective treatment of the full range of common diseases as well as rare and severe pathologies. The efforts of the medical staff, which includes over 600 doctors and 2,000 nurses, are focused on the patient and their unique needs and desires. The doctors always devote enough time to personal communication with their patients, provide them with moral support, and are sympathetic to every life situation.
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The hospital offers healthy and delicious meals three times a day: buffet breakfast, dinner with a wide choice of dishes for every taste, and a light supper. The menu features dietary and vegetarian dishes. There is also a cafeteria on the territory where one can taste delicious dishes and have a cup of coffee, tea, or some refreshing drinks
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