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ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

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On the other hand, two serious side effects occurring less frequently are carcinoid crisis with DOTATATE therapies, and extravasations with any intravenous (IV) radiopharmaceutical therapies, explained Erica Cohen Major, DO, a nuclear medicine specialist and assistant chief of nuclear medicine at Edward Hines VA Hospital near Chicago.