SST and neuroendocrine neoplasm: Somatostatin analogues (e.g. octreotide) have been FDA-approved and safely used for decades in the diagnosis (octreoscan) and treatment of secretory syndrome and growth of neuroendocrine tumours including pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours that highly express one or several of the five G protein-coupled somatostatin receptors (sst1, 2, 3 & 5) (Bousquet et al, 2012; Chalabi et al, 2014).