Some tumors have a special 'door' called GLP-1 receptors that other cancers don’t have — this might let doctors target just those tumors without affecting healthy cells.

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GLP-1 Receptor Expression in Human Tumors and Human Normal Tissues: Potential for In Vivo Targeting

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2007 May

The study looked at where GLP-1 receptors are found in human tumors and found them in certain types like pheochromocytomas but not in others like carcinomas or lymphomas, just as the claim says.

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GLP-1 Receptor Expression in Human Tumors and Human Normal Tissues: Potential for In Vivo Targeting

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DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038679

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