Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate

Chelsea Backler, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®
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Description

Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate (Lutathera®) was approved in January 2018 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat a specific group of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in the gastrointestinal tract. NETs are rare, and the tumors produce hormone-like substances in response to signals from the nervous system.

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