Somatostatin receptor-based agent (111)In-DTPA-pentetreotide (OctreoScan, Mallinckrodt Medical) is approved for clinical somatostatin receptor imaging, 90Y-labeled octreotide was reported to control the growth of medium-sized tumours in a transplantable rat tumour model [36] and 123I-labeled VIP is already reported to scan patients with different cancers, including gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas [37]. The gene discussed is VIP; the disease is neoplasm.