

Health Library
October 10, 2025
Question on this topic? Get an instant answer from August.
He lāʻau lapaʻau radioactive kūikawā ka Gallium-68 DOTATATE i hoʻohana ʻia e kōkua i nā kauka e ʻike i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi maʻi i loko o kou kino i ka wā o nā scans kiʻi lapaʻau. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he kukui kikoʻī loa e kōkua ana i kāu hui lapaʻau e ʻimi a nānā i nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi kikoʻī i hiki ke paʻakikī ke loaʻa.
No kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo radiopharmaceuticals, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻohui ia i kahi mea radioactive liʻiliʻi me kahi pūhui e manaʻo ana. ʻO ka ʻāpana radioactive e hiki ai i nā kamera kūikawā ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī o kou mau ʻōpū o loko, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻāpana e manaʻo ana e ʻimi i nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi kikoʻī i loaʻa nā mea loaʻa ma ko lākou ʻili.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Gallium-68 DOTATATE e ʻike a nānā i nā neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) i ka wā o nā scans PET. ʻO kēia mau maʻi maʻi e ulu ana i nā pūnaewele e hana i nā hormones, a hiki ke hana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kou kino me kou pancreas, ʻōpū, māmā, a i ʻole nā ʻōpū ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia scan inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i kahi maʻi neuroendocrine, a i ʻole inā ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻoe a pono e nānā. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi maopopo e hōʻike pololei ana i kahi e loaʻa ai kēia mau maʻi maʻi a pehea lākou e pane ai i ka lāʻau.
He mea waiwai nui kēia ʻenehana kiʻi no ka mea he mea loaʻa kūikawā nā neuroendocrine tumors i kapa ʻia ʻo somatostatin receptors ma ko lākou ʻili. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka ʻāpana DOTATATE o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻopaʻa i kēia mau mea loaʻa, e hoʻomālamalama ana i nā maʻi maʻi ma nā kiʻi scan.
Hana ka Gallium-68 DOTATATE ma ka manaʻo ʻana i nā mea loaʻa kikoʻī ma nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi, e like me ke kī e komo ana i loko o ka laka. Hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma kou kahe koko a pili i nā mea loaʻa somatostatin i loaʻa ma nā pūnaewele maʻi neuroendocrine tumor.
Ma hope o ka paʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia mau mea hoʻokipa, hoʻopuka ka gallium-68 i kahi ʻano o ka radiation i kapa ʻia he positrons. Hoʻopili kēia mau positrons me nā electrons i loko o kou kino, e hana ana i nā hōʻailona hiki i ka mea nānā PET ke ʻike a hoʻololi i nā kiʻi kikoʻī.
He mea paʻakikī loa ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa akā hana wikiwiki i loko o kou kino. He pōkole ka hapalua o ke ola o ka radioactive gallium-68 ma kahi o 68 mau minuke, ʻo ia hoʻi, e emi ana ka radioactive ma hope koke o ka injection.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Gallium-68 DOTATATE ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi pololei i loko o ke aʻa i kou lima, maʻamau i loko o kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena kiʻi kūikawā. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home a i ʻole e hahai i kahi papa hana dosing paʻakikī.
Ma mua o kāu manawa, e hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana a me ka inu ʻana. E noi ʻia ʻoe e pale i ka ʻai ʻana no kahi o 4-6 mau hola ma mua o ka scan, ʻoiai hiki iā ʻoe ke inu wai. Pono paha e hoʻōki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i nā mea hoʻokipa somatostatin no ka manawa ma mua o kāu scan.
He mau minuke wale nō ka injection ponoʻī, a laila e kali ʻoe no kahi o 45-90 mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka scan PET maoli. ʻO kēia manawa kali e hiki ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hele i loko o kou kino a paʻa i nā cell tumor i loaʻa nā mea hoʻokipa.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Gallium-68 DOTATATE ma ke ʻano he injection hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia kau kiʻi. ʻAʻole ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a i ʻole no ka manawa lōʻihi e like me kāu e hana ai me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Haʻalele maoli ka mea radioactive i kou kino ma o nā hana maʻamau e like me ka mimi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā. Ua hala ka hapa nui o ka radioactivity i loko o 24-48 mau hola ma hope o kāu injection.
Inā pono kāu kauka i nā scans e nānā i kou kūlana a i ʻole ka holomua o ka mālama ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā injections kaʻawale no kēlā me kēia kau kiʻi, maʻamau i nā mahina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e pili ana i kāu pono olakino.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi iā Gallium-68 DOTATATE, me nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻaʻole maʻamau. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he palekana no ka kiʻi diagnostic, a he kakaikahi nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
Ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao, he maʻalahi a pōkole ka lōʻihi. Eia nā hopena i hōʻike pinepine ʻia:
Hoʻoponopono maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau hola a ʻaʻole pono i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī. E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka wā a ma hope o ka injection e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻoluʻolu ʻoe.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke komo i nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha nui, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e pane koke nā limahana lapaʻau me ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
He palekana ʻo Gallium-68 DOTATATE no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, akā aia kekahi mau kūlana e pono ai ka mālama hou. E nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia scan.
ʻO ka hāpai ʻana ka hopohopo nui, no ka mea, hiki i ka ʻike ʻana i ka radiation ke hōʻeha i kahi pēpē e ulu ana. Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e manaʻo paha ʻoe e hāpai ana, he mea nui e haʻi i kāu hui mālama ola ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Pono nā makuahine e hānai ana i ka waiū i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā. ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau, pono paha ʻoe e hooki i ka hānai ʻana i ka waiū no kekahi manawa a e pauma a hoʻolei i ka waiū umauma no kahi o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka injection e hōʻemi i ka hōʻike ʻana i kāu pēpē.
Pono paha ka poʻe me nā pilikia kīkī koʻikoʻi i nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka dosis a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana hou ʻana, no ka mea, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā kīkī. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu hana kīkī i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i kāu scan.
Loaʻa ʻo Gallium-68 DOTATATE ma lalo o ka inoa inoa NETSPOT ma nā ʻāina he nui. ʻO kēia ka hoʻomākaukau kalepa i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hoʻomākaukau kekahi mau kikowaena lapaʻau i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i nā hale radiopharmacy kūikawā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou lako ponoʻī a me nā kaʻina hana. I kēia mau hihia, ʻaʻole paha he inoa inoa kikoʻī akā e loaʻa nō nā mea hana like.
Me ka nānā ʻole i ka hoʻomākaukau kikoʻī i hoʻohana ʻia, hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ala like a hāʻawi i ka ʻike diagnostic like e kōkua i kāu hui lapaʻau.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau ʻano hana kiʻi ʻē aʻe e ʻike i nā maʻi neuroendocrine, ʻoiai he mau pono a me nā palena ponoʻī. E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu kūlana.
Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā scans Octreotide me ka Indium-111 ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o Gallium-68 DOTATATE. ʻOiai he mea pono nō, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia mau scans e hoʻopau a ʻaʻole paha e hāʻawi i nā kiʻi maopopo.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea ʻimi PET scan ʻē aʻe e like me F-18 FDG i kekahi mau kūlana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i kūpono no nā maʻi neuroendocrine. Hiki i nā scans CT a me nā kiʻi MRI ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike waiwai e pili ana i kahi a me ka nui o ka maʻi.
Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano kiʻi kona wahi i ka mālama olakino, a i kekahi manawa e ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka i nā ʻano scans he nui e kiʻi i ke kiʻi piha loa o kou kūlana.
Hāʻawi pinepine nā scans Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET i nā kiʻi maopopo a kikoʻī ma mua o nā scans octreotide kuʻuna. Hāʻawi ka ʻenehana hou i ka hoʻonā maikaʻi a hiki ke ʻike pinepine i nā ʻōpū liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ʻōpū ma nā wahi i hiki ke hala i nā ala scanning kahiko.
ʻO ka manawa scan pū kekahi, ʻoi aku ka pōkole me Gallium-68 DOTATATE, maʻamau e lawe ana i 2-3 mau hola i ka huina i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā lā he nui no nā scans octreotide. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia i kāu papa manawa a me nā hopena wikiwiki.
Eia naʻe, hana nā scans ʻelua ma ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa somatostatin like, no laila hāʻawi lākou i nā ʻano ʻike like e pili ana i kou kūlana. Hiki i kāu kauka ke koho i kekahi ʻano ma luna o kekahi ma muli o ka loaʻa, kāu mau pono olakino kikoʻī, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, he mau mea hana maikaʻi nā ʻano ʻelua no ka ʻike ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻōpū neuroendocrine, e kōkua ana i kāu hui lapaʻau e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo Gallium-68 DOTATATE no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. ʻAʻole pili pololei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā pae kōpaʻa koko a i ʻole e launa pū me ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes.
Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻopili me kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i ka manawa o kāu ʻai a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau diabetes a puni ka manawa hoʻokē ʻai e pono ai ma mua o ka scan. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu papa manawa lāʻau inā pono.
He kakaikahi loa nā hopena maʻi ʻaʻai iā Gallium-68 DOTATATE, akā inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻili nui, a i ʻole ka pehu ʻana, e pane koke nā limahana lapaʻau. Ua lako pono kēia mau hale e mālama i nā hopena pilikia.
Inā he moʻolelo kou o nā maʻi maʻi nui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā mea ʻokoʻa, e hōʻoia e haʻi i kāu hui mālama ola ma mua o ke kaʻina hana. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hana mālama hou a loaʻa nā lāʻau lapaʻau pilikia i loaʻa.
Inā pono ʻoe e hala i kāu manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i ke kikowaena kiʻi i ka wā hiki. No ka mea, ua hoʻomākaukau kūikawā ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a he ola pōkole, hana pinepine ʻia no kēlā me kēia mea maʻi i ka lā o kā lākou scan.
E hana pū ke keʻena me ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho hou i kāu manawa, ʻoiai aia paha kekahi lohi e pili ana i kā lākou papa hana hoʻomākaukau a me ka loaʻa. Mai hopohopo e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻopau ʻia - maopopo i kāu hui mālama ola i kekahi manawa pono e hoʻonohonoho hou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i nā hana maʻamau ma hope koke o ka pau ʻana o kāu scan PET. E emi koke ana ka nui liʻiliʻi o ka radioactivity, a manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka he maʻamau loa i loko o kekahi mau hola.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo ʻia e inu i ka nui o nā wai no ke koena o ka lā e kōkua i ka holoi ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai kāu ʻōnaehana ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki. Manaʻo kekahi mau keʻena e pale i ka pilina pili me nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole nā keiki liʻiliʻi no nā hola mua ma hope o ka scan, ʻoiai he hana mālama wale nō kēia.
He pololei loa nā scan PET Gallium-68 DOTATATE no ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōpū neuroendocrine e hōʻike ana i nā mea hoʻokipa somatostatin. Hōʻike nā haʻawina i nā helu ʻike o 90-95% no kēia mau ʻano ʻōpū, e lilo ia i kekahi o nā ʻano kiʻi hilinaʻi loa i loaʻa.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole nā ʻōpū a pau e hōʻike ʻia ma kēia scan, ʻoiai nā mea i loaʻa ʻole nā mea hoʻokipa somatostatin a i ʻole nā pae haʻahaʻa loa o kēia mau mea hoʻokipa. E wehewehe kāu kauka i nā hopena ma ke ʻano o kāu mau hōʻailona, nā hopena hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe, a me ka mōʻaukala olakino e hāʻawi i ka loiloi pololei loa o kou kūlana.
6Mpeople
Get clear medical guidance
on symptoms, medications, and lab reports.