How are you incorporating 68-Ga Dotatate PET scans in the management of grade I/II meningiomas?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Thank you for posing such a leading-edge question. I surmise its answer may have a rather different din a few years from now. However, to date, I am not using DOTATATE PET for meningioma. This is due partly to habit, availability, insurance constraints, and the specific clinical circumstances of the...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Very nice review by Dr. @C. Leland Rogers. In addition to his nice review, I also like a new paper from Bashir et al., PMID 33526423 published in Clinical Cancer Research this year where the authors performed dotatatePET for 37 meningioma cases after GTR. They showed that 23/37 cases had PET avid di...
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Radiation Oncologist at Mallory Radiotherapy, PLLC Does anyone know if the newer Cu64-DOTATATE (Detec...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
This is a very nice synopsis of the available data. We have been using the Ga-68 DOTATATE PET for similar situations and have just over 50 patients now. In our experience, it is extremely useful for target delineation for falx/skull base tumors with osseous involvement, either GTR or STR. I have fou...