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. 2010 Mar 2;29(1):19. doi: 10.1186/1756-9966-29-19

Table 1.

Somatostatin receptorsa in neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumours [%]

SSTR1 SSTR2 SSTR3 SSTR4 SSTR5
All 68 86 46 93 57
Insulinoma 33 100b 33 100 67
Gastrinoma 33 50 17 83 50
Glucagonoma 67 100 67 67 67
VIPoma 100 100 100 100 100
N-F 80 100 40 100 60

VIP, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; N-F, Non functioning; aUsing receptor subtype antibodies; bMalignant insulinoma

[Modified from Oberg K, Annals of Oncology, 2004]