A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for [ 68 Ga]Ga-(HA-)DOTATATE to predict whole-body distribution and tumor sink effects in GEP-NET patients.
Hinke SiebingaBerlinda J de Wit-van der VeenJos H BeijnenThomas P C DorloAlwin D R HuitemaJeroen J M A HendrikxPublished in: EJNMMI research (2023)
Ga]Ga-HA-DOTATATE were caused by different affinity profiles, while tumor uptake was mainly affected by tumor blood flow and blood volume. Furthermore, tumor sink predictions showed that for the majority of patients a tumor sink effect is not expected to be clinically relevant.