Octreotide Conjugates for Tumor Targeting and Imaging

• Main Authors: Eduard Figueras (Author), Ana Martins (Author), Adina Borbély (Author), Vadim Le Joncour (Author), Paola Cordella (Author), Raffaella Perego (Author), Daniela Modena (Author), Paolo Pagani (Author), Simone Esposito (Author), Giulio Auciello (Author), Marcel Frese (Author), Paola Gallinari (Author), Pirjo Laakkonen (Author), Christian Steinkühler (Author), Norbert Sewald (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tumor targeting has emerged as an advantageous approach to improving the efficacy and safety of cytotoxic agents or radiolabeled ligands that do not preferentially accumulate in the tumor tissue. The somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) belong to the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily and they are ove...