Discussions with leaders: JNM editor-in-chief Johannes Czernin, with Caius Radu, continues a series of interviews with leaders in nuclear and molecular imaging and therapy with a conversation with Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, about advancing cancer research and treatment.
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Image-guided HIFU in nuclear medicine: Zhang and colleagues present a state-of-the-art review of the principles and clinical applications of image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound, including examples of future potential development.
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Cardiac PET and the future: Di Carli offers perspective on the changing epidemiology and pathobiology of coronary artery disease, the efficacy of conventional imaging tools, and the advantages of quantitative PET as a transformative modality in nuclear cardiology.
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Carrasquillo and colleagues provide an educational overview of the clinical features of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, as well as therapeutic strategies with 131I-MIBG and 90Y- or 177Lu-DOTA-somatostatin analogs.
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Current clinical pretargeting: Jallinoja and Houghton survey the recent history of pretargeting radioimmunoimaging and therapy studies, challenges faced in human studies and regulatory approval, and future avenues for clinical translation.
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Diversity in nuclear medicine: Cheng and colleagues report on the results of a study designed to characterize the status in nuclear medicine of women and racial/ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine in the United States.
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18F-FES PET for clinical dilemmas: Boers and colleagues present findings from a retrospective study of the utility of 18F-FES PET imaging in resolving questions in breast cancer after standard workups.
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Pretargeted immuno-PET in MTC: Bodet-Milin and colleagues describe the results of analyses to determine the sensitivity of anti–carcinoembryonic antigen immuno-PET in relapsing medullary thyroid carcinoma and compare these with conventional imaging and 18F-DOPA PET/CT.
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68Ga-BMS-986192 for PD-L1 PET: Robu and colleagues detail the development and preclinical evaluation of a 68Ga-labeled adnectin protein to facilitate imaging of PD-L1 expression in tumors.
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PSMA PET for HCC: Hirmas and colleagues assess the effects of 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen-11 PET/CT neovasculature imaging on disease staging, prognostics, and management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Expanding PSMA theranostics: Brenner and colleagues offer perspective on the potential for nonprostatic applications of prostate-specific membrane antigen–based theranostics, particularly in tumors with high need for therapy improvement.
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MSG and 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT: Armstrong and colleagues use 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET to determine the effect of monosodium glutamate administration on prostate-specific membrane antigen–radioligand biodistribution in healthy organs and tumor lesions in men with prostate cancer.
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Diuresis and dual-time-point PSMA PET: Alberts and colleagues investigate a modified prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT protocol combining late additional imaging with hydration and forced diuresis in assessment for uncertain findings.
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68Ga-PSMA PET/CT versus nano-MRI: Schilham and colleagues compare characteristics of prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT and ferumoxtran-10 nanoparticle–enhanced MRI to determine the feasibility of their complementary use for prostate cancer imaging.
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SUV and TBR in 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT: Bodar and colleagues explore whether SUV on PET/CT, as compared with tumor-to-blood ratio, can provide adequate quantification of uptake of this ligand in a patient cohort with low prostate cancer burden.
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PSMA PET and bipolar androgen therapy: Markowski and colleagues analyze the utility of 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT in determining clinical response to this emerging treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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PRRT plus 131I-MIBG: Bushnell and colleagues report on preliminary results of a study on the addition of 131I-MIBG to 90Y-DOTATOC peptide-receptor radionuclide therapy for progressive metastatic neuroendocrine tumors.
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NETPET score in lung NENs: Chan and colleagues describe evaluation of this prognostic score, combining 18F-FDG and somatostatin receptor imaging agent uptake data, in bronchial neuroendocrine neoplasms.
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18F-FCH PET metaanalysis: Whitman and colleagues summarize data on the sensitivities and specificities of 18F-FCH PET in localizing hyperparathyroidism and compare these results with those from comparable 99mTc-sestamibi scans.
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TauIQ algorithm: Whittington and Gunn report on development of a PET data quantification algorithm for the complex spatial distribution of tau radiotracers, with specific promise in longitudinal analyses and early detection of tau deposition.
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Hypermetabolism on brain 18F-FDG PET: Chugani discusses and provides examples of the multiple causes of hypermetabolism on 18F-FDG PET studies that should not be interpreted as seizure activity.
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D1R PET tracers: Barret and colleagues characterize in nonhuman primates 2 novel D1 receptor agonist PET radiotracers, racemic 18F-MNI-800 and its more active atropisomeric (−)-enantiomer, 18F-MNI-968.
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Enhancing robot-assisted radioguided surgery: Azargoshasb and colleagues describe development of a real-time fluorescence-video–based tracking method that integrates the DROP-IN γ-probe with navigated robotic surgery.
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Advanced imaging for primary lateral sclerosis: Masrori and colleagues present results from work-up imaging with MRI, 123I-FP-CIT PET, 18F-PE2I PET, and 18F-FDG PET in a patient with unilateral mild paresis, slowing of the upper limb, and parkinsonism.
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