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Expanding Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals for Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Griessinger, Christoph M 
Faust, Andreas 
Depke, Dominic 
Essler, Markus 

Abstract

Radioligand theranostics (RT) in oncology use cancer-type specific biomarkers and molecular imaging (MI), including positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and planar scintigraphy, for patient diagnosis, therapy, and personalized management. While the definition of theranostics was initially restricted to a single compound allowing visualization and therapy simultaneously, the concept has been widened with the development of theranostic pairs and the combination of nuclear medicine with different types of cancer therapies. Here, we review the clinical applications of different theranostic radiopharmaceuticals in managing different tumor types (differentiated thyroid, neuroendocrine prostate, and breast cancer) that support the combination of innovative oncological therapies such as gene and cell-based therapies with RT.

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cell-based therapy, gene therapy, molecular imaging, positron emission tomography, radiopharmaceuticals, theranostics, tumor

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Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

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Journal ISSN

1424-8247
1424-8247

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Publisher

MDPI AG
Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Societal Challenges (831514)