Peptide-receptor imaging and therapy with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs such as 68Ga-DOTA-TATE and 177Lu-DOTA-TATE have become an effective treatment option for SSTR-positive neuroendocrine tumors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation of somatostatin receptor-2 (SSTR2) expression with 68Ga-DOTA-TATE uptake and 177Lu-DOTA-TATE therapy in neuroblastoma (NB) xenograft mode...

UNLABELLED Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a tumor of neuroendocrine (NE) origin with very low survival rate. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy using 111In-DTPA-octreotide (DTPA is diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid) is a well-established method for the visualization of somatostatin receptor-expressing NE tumors. Recently, new combinations of radionuclides and somatostatin analogs have been i...

Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is expressed in unfavorable prostate cancer. PSMA is basis for new diagnostics and theranostics. PET/CT using PSMA is more sensitive than choline PET/CT. 177Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy is mainly used for patients with end-stage prostate cancer. This report describes a patient with a third recurrence in lymph nodes. The recurrence was treated with 177Lu-...

The integration of fluorescence and plasmonic properties into one molecule is of importance in developing multifunctional imaging and therapy nanoprobes. The aim of this research was to evaluate the fluorescent properties and the plasmonic-photothermal, therapeutic, and radiotherapeutic potential of 177Lu-dendrimer conjugated to folate and bombesin with gold nanoparticles in the dendritic cavit...

INTRODUCTION The kidneys play an essential role in PRRT. The infusion of amino acids could reduce uptake in the kidney of radiolabelled peptides. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of kidney damage post PRRT. MATERIAL AND METHODS 53 patients, with disseminated neuroendocrine tumours (NET), received 3-5 cycles of up to a maximum 7.4 GBq/m2 calculated dose of 90Y-DOTATATE (n ...

BACKGROUND Patients with somatostatin receptor-expressing neuroendocrine tumours can be treated with intravenously administered 177Lu-octreotate. Few patients are cured with the present protocol due to the current dose limitation of normal organs at risk, such as the kidneys. By locally administering 177Lu-octreotate to the liver for the purpose of treating liver metastases, a substantially red...

introduction:owing to its favorable radionuclidic characteristics, such as tl/2 = 6.73 day and eβ (max) = 497 kev and ease of its large-scale production using medium flux research reactors, lutetium-177 (177lu) is an attractive radionuclide for various therapeutic applications. no carrier added (nca) 177lu was obtained by thermal neutron bombardment (4×1013n/cm2.s) of 176yb target through 176yb...

OBJECTIVE To assess the therapeutic efficacy and toxicity of samarium-153-ethylenediaminetetramethylene phosphonic acid ((153)Sm-EDTMP) and pamidronate disodium in patients with painful metastatic bone cancer. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Eighteen patients with histopathologically confirmed malignancy and multifocal bone metastases were randomized into two equal groups of 9 patients each. Group A was...

Osteoblastic metastases and osteosarcoma can avidly concentrate bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals. We sought to increase effectiveness of high-dose (153)Samarium ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonate (153Sm-EDTMP, Quadramet) on osteosarcomas using a radiosensitizer, gemcitabine. Fourteen patients with osteoblastic lesions were treated with 30 mCi/kg 153Sm-EDTMP. Gemcitabine was administered ...