Abstract In an effort towards affordable availability of chromatographic 188 W/ Re generators for widespread clinical use, we report the mechanochemical synthesis mesoporous alumina as advanced sorbent material preparation generator. The synthesized exhibits remarkably high sorption capacity (550 ± 12 mg W/g), which is adequate clinical-scale using low specific activity (LSA) W produced in medi...

Metastatic melanoma remains an incurable disease, and there is a great need for novel therapeutic modalities. We have recently identified melanin as a target for radionuclide therapy of melanoma and demonstrated the feasibility of this approach using a 188-rhenium ( (188)Re)-radiolabeled melanin-binding decapeptide to fungal melanin known as 4B4. Although the results indicated that radiolabeled...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant tumour of the hepatocyte. It is a common malignancy worldwide and causes almost half a million deaths annually. Asia is a high risk area. Although surgery (hepatectomy or liver transplantation) is the main form of curative treatment, the majority of patients are not eligible for surgery due to extent of tumour and dysfunction of liver. Radiopharmace...

BACKGROUND Rotational atherectomy (RA) and cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) have been shown to effectively dilate in-stent restenosis (ISR). It is not known, however, which of these technique, when followed by beta-radiation, is more effective. Therefore, we performed a prospective randomized study comparing RA and CBA before beta-radiation therapy for diffuse ISR. METHODS Patients with diff...

To date, glioblastoma treatments have only been palliative. In this context, locoregional drug delivery strategies, which allow for blood-brain barrier bypass and reduced systemic toxicity, are of major significance. Recent progress in nanotechnology has led to the development of colloidal carriers of radiopharmaceutics, such as lipid nanocapsules loaded with rhenium-188 (LNC 188 Re-SSS) that a...

The aim of our studies was to formulate a system that delivers the required radiation dose to the tumor site and minimize the harm to other organs or tissues. The poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid, 75:25; 50:50) microspheric radiation delivery system was fabricated using double emulsion solvent evaporation technique for the encapsulation of technetium-99m(V)dimercaptosuccinic acid ((99m)Tc(V)DMSA)....

To date, glioblastoma treatments have only been palliative. In this context, locoregional drug delivery strategies, which allow for blood--brain barrier bypass and reduced systemic toxicity, are of major significance. Recent progress in nanotechnology has led to the development of colloidal carriers of radiopharmaceutics, such as lipid nanocapsules loaded with rhenium-188 (LNC(188)Re-SSS) that ...

BACKGROUND The HIV epidemic is a major threat to health in the developing and western worlds. A modality that targets and kills HIV-1-infected cells could have a major impact on the treatment of acute exposure and the elimination of persistent reservoirs of infected cells. The aim of this proof-of-principle study was to demonstrate the efficacy of a therapeutic strategy of targeting and elimina...

Cervical cancer caused by the infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) remains the fourth leading killer of women worldwide. Therefore, more efficacious treatments are needed. We are developing radioimmunotherapy (RIT) of HPV-positive cervical cancers by targeting E6 and E7 viral oncoproteins expressed by the cancer cells with the radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). To investigate t...