Discussions with leaders: Oliver Sartor talks with Thomas Hope, Jeremie Calais, and Wolfgang Fendler about FDA approval of 68Ga-PSMA-11 for PET imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive lesions in men with prostate cancer.
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68Ga-PSMA-11 NDA approval: Carlucci and colleagues describe the background and regulatory pathway for the academic-led New Drug Applications that facilitated FDA approval of this agent and outline implications for the larger PET community.
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Real-world data in nuclear medicine: Bourla and Herrmann look at the promise and challenges of using information generated directly from medical practice, including electronic health records, to answer research questions and address evidence gaps.
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11C dosimetry scans: Zanotti-Fregonara and colleagues suggest that performance of 11C dosimetry scans for new tracers should be abandoned in both animals and humans and replaced by a standard average dose of 5 μSv/MBq.
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FAP imaging: Altmann and colleagues review the mechanisms, recent development, and future promise of fibroblast activation protein–targeting agents in radionuclide-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment of tumors and for diagnosis of nonmalignant diseases associated with extracellular matrix remodeling.
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Quantitative nuclear cardiology: Slomka and colleagues provide the second in a series of educational overviews of the current state of quantitative clinical nuclear cardiology, here focusing on the roles of emerging and evolving analytic tools and their applications.
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Breast cancer bone assessment: van Es and colleagues compare management recommendations based on bone lesion assessment by 18F-FDG PET or 99mTc bone scintigraphy, each with contrast-enhanced CT, in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic bone cancer.
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18F-FES PET in endocrine sensitivity: Peterson and colleagues explore the use of 18F-fluoroestradiol PET imaging to elucidate the pharmacodynamics associated with histone deacetylase inhibitors and reduction of endocrine resistance in estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.
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Immunotherapy response in mesothelioma: Ferdinandus and colleagues compare the prognostic value of volumetric PET response assessment with that of conventional criteria in patients receiving high-dose pembrolizumab for chemotherapy-resistant malignant mesothelioma.
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18F-FAC PET drug delivery imaging: Russell and colleagues correlate tumor 18F-FAC PET images with 14C-gemcitabine levels in mouse models of pancreatic cancer and determine whether changes in gemcitabine can be tracked with this imaging technique.
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FAPI-74 biodistribution: Giesel and colleagues describe evaluation of 18F-fibroblast activation protein inhibitor-74 in patients with lung cancer and document proof of mechanism for 68Ga-FAPI-74 labeled at ambient temperature.
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18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT accuracy: Sprute and colleagues determine the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT imaging for N-staging of prostate cancer initially and for assessment of nodal recurrence.
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68Ga-PSMA for staging in prostate cancer: Klingenberg and colleagues characterize the metastatic spread of prostate cancer in relation to tumor 68Ga-PSMA uptake and the D’Amico classification and compare primary staging results from 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and histopathology.
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Intraarterial 90Y-DOTATOC PRRT: Lawhn-Heath and colleagues investigate whether hepatic intraarterial administration of 90Y-DOTATOC peptide receptor radionuclide therapy increases treatment efficacy while reducing systemic toxicity in neuroendocrine tumor patients with liver-dominant metastases.
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225Ac-PSMA RNT and PD-1 blockade: Czernin and colleagues combine prostate-specific membrane antigen–targeted radionuclide therapy and immunotherapy to increase tumor immunogenicity in a mouse model of prostate cancer.
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Anti–P-cadherin radioimmunotherapy: Funase and colleagues detail the preclinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacology of FF-21101, an 111In- or 90Y-conjugated monoclonal antibody against P-cadherin, to evaluate potential clinical applications.
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18F-Flortaucipir PET in neurodegeneration: Hammes and colleagues research the ability of 18F-flortaucipir PET to assess tau positivity as well as to differentiate between amyloid-positive and -negative forms of neurodegeneration on the basis of imaging signatures.
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Amyloid-β positivity and 18F-AZD4694: Therriault and colleagues analyze several methods for determining an optimal cutoff for 18F-AZD4694 PET positivity as a quantitative discriminator in neurodegeneration.
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MAO-B PET tracer 18F-SMBT-1: Harada and colleagues report on development and preclinical assessment of this promising and selective monoamine oxidase-B PET tracer candidate and discuss potential utility in quantitative monitoring of astrogliosis in the human brain.
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PET imaging of GluN2B subunits: Ahmed and colleagues investigate ortho-fluorinated and meta-fluorinated analogs of 18F-para-fluorinated-NB1, a PET probe targeting the GluN2B subunits of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, with imaging potential in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other brain disorders.
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68Ga-FAPI PET/CT in IgG4-related disease: Luo and colleagues detail preliminary results from a prospective cohort study evaluating the performance of 68Ga-fibroblast activation protein inhibitor PET/CT in comparison with 18F-FDG PET/CT in IgG4-related disease.
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Dose–effect 166Ho radioembolization: Roekel and colleagues explore the relationship between dose and effect (i.e., response and toxicity) in colorectal cancer patients treated with 166Ho radioembolization.
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VLA-4 imaging in ALI: Haddad and colleagues evaluate targeted imaging of very late antigen-4, a key integrin mediating adhesion and recruitment of immune cells to inflamed tissues, in quantification of inflammation in a mouse model of acute lung injury.
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Ultra-fast list-mode reconstruction: Spangler-Bickell and colleagues present an infrastructure with which ultra-fast list-mode reconstructions of short PET frames (≤1 s) can be performed, producing dynamic series that can be used (among other applications) for real-time display of reconstructed data.
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