Since more than 90% of carcinoid tumors have somatostatin receptors, they can be detected with OctreoScan which uses octreotide that is visible with Indium 111.
Más del 90% de los TC tienen receptores para la somatostatina, por eso pueden ser detectados con octreoscan que utiliza octreotide marcado con Indio 111 In octreotide.