Defining current and future theranostics: Weber and colleagues look at elements in the success of PSMA theranostics and reflect on the potential for similar advances in combined diagnostics/therapeutics in other areas nuclear medicine.
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Focus on general nuclear medicine: Iagaru offers highlights and insights on general nuclear medicine topics presented at the most recent SNMMI Annual Meeting.
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Discussions with leaders: Czernin and colleagues talk with Michael J. Morris, MD, a leading expert in genitourinary oncology, on the current status and future potential for nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
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Somatostatin-based theranostics: Imperiale and colleagues summarize advances in somatostatin receptor–targeted peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, a novel paradigm in theranostics with promise for revolutionizing diagnostic and therapeutic management of neuroendocrine tumors.
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α-Radioligand therapy: Feuerecker and colleagues review important studies evaluating α-emitting targeted therapies as potential next-generation theranostics and report on 3 promising clinical applications administered systemically.
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Amino acid PET in neurooncology: Galldiks and colleagues provide an educational overview of the added clinical value of amino acid PET in glioblastoma or brain metastases for differential diagnosis and assessment of tumor extent, treatment-related changes, and treatment response.
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ChatGPT in health care: Kleesiek and colleagues look at the widespread interest in large language model–trained artificial intelligence applications, their potential in health care, and responsibilities for expert human involvement in shaping and monitoring these technologies.
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64/67Cu-SARTATE imaging and therapy: Bailey and colleagues report on first-in-humans use of 64Cu and 67Cu as a theranostic pair in patients with meningiomas, with advantageous methodology for normal-organ dosimetry.
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FAPI PET for oncologic imaging: Hirmas and colleagues present an overview of a prospective, 3-y fibroblast-activation protein inhibitor registry study, with head-to-head comparison of tumor uptake in 68Ga-FAPI and 18F-FDG PET, as well as FAP immunohistochemistry.
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68Ga-FAPI-46 PET/MRI in breast cancer NAC: Backhaus and colleagues assess and validate the diagnostic performance of follow-up breast 68Ga-FAPI-46 PET/MRI in classifying response status of local breast cancer and lymph node metastases after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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PET in HER2+ mEGC: Lumish and colleagues describe the utility of 89Zr-trastuzumab PET in elucidating variations in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in primary tumors and metastases in metastatic esophagogastric cancer.
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PSMA only versus PSMA/FDG for treatment eligibility: Seifert and colleagues reanalyze data from patients who underwent both 18F-FDG and PSMA PET for PSMA-targeted therapy eligibility to determine whether both studies are necessary to identify suitable candidates.
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Unspecific bone uptake in 18F-PSMA-1007 PET: Seifert and colleagues explore the frequency of unspecific bone uptake and bone metastases separately for 18F-PSMA-1007 and 68Ga-PSMA-11 in biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer.
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PSMA and GRPR PET-guided prostate biopsy: Duan and colleagues report on the potential of 68Ga-PSMA11 and 68Ga-RM2 PET/MRI for biopsy guidance in patients with suspected prostate cancer.
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Targeted α-therapy in melanoma: Ertveldt and colleagues detail studies on the mechanisms of immune activation in a melanoma model using α-targeted radionuclide therapy with 225Ac-labeled single-domain antibodies.
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177Lu-FAP6-IP-DOTA therapy: Lindeman and colleagues evaluate the performance of a fibroblast-activation protein–targeted radioligand conjugate in 4 tumor models, with potential for optimization in clinical treatment of solid tumors.
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177Lu-PSMA STP dosimetry: Brosch-Lenz and colleagues assess differences in the time-integrated activity of single-time-point versus multiple-time-point image-based dosimetry protocols for 177Lu-PSMA-617 therapy.
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Biodistribution and dosimetry of 68Ga-CBP8: Izquierdo-Garcia and colleagues determine the biodistribution, dosimetry, and pharmacokinetics of this peptide-based, type I collagen–targeted probe in PET/MRI imaging of tissue fibrosis in healthy human subjects.
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Tumor dosimetry phantoms: Carter and colleagues create computer-generated tumor models to assess the effects of tumor shape, size, and margin contour on absorbed dose for several clinically applied therapeutic radionuclides.
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PET MFR and cancer survival: Fox and colleagues detail the prognostic capabilities of quantitative PET–derived myocardial flow reserve data for overall survival in a cohort of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.
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18F-NOS PET and pulmonary inflammation: Wetherill and colleagues report on an 18F-NOS PET study quantifying inducible nitric oxide synthase expression to characterize oxidative stress and inflammation in the lungs of electronic cigarette users, cigarette smokers, and controls.
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NIR-FME detection of esophageal neoplasia: Gabriëls and colleagues investigate the feasibility of an epidermal growth factor receptor–targeted tracer to improve near-infrared fluorescence molecular endoscopy detection of early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma.
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18F-Fluoromannitol PET and bacterial infection: Simpson and colleagues describe development of this novel radiopharmaceutical with the potential to specifically identify bacteria and monitor antibiotic efficacy in vivo.
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PET in recurrent brain metastases: Schlürmann and colleagues summarize evidence from a metaanalysis on the diagnostic utility of amino acid PET in differential diagnosis of recurrent brain metastases and treatment-related changes.
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Tau PET visual reads: Soleimani-Meigooni and Rabinovici offer perspective on the evolution of visual interpretation of tau PET imaging.
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PET-measured activity of microspheres: Gnesin and colleagues report on a multicenter, multi-PET-device study comparing manufacturer-declared 90Y activity in vials with quantitative 90Y PET/CT assessment of the same vials and comment on resulting implications for selective internal radiation therapy dosimetry.
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