Discussions with leaders: JNM editor-in-chief Johannes Czernin, with Ken Herrmann, continues a series of interviews with leaders in nuclear and molecular imaging and therapy with a conversation with Silke Gillessen, an internationally recognized European oncologist.
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ComBat harmonization guide: Orlhac and colleagues explain and illustrate with practical examples the use of the ComBat method for harmonization and reduction of imaging “scanner effects” on biomarker values in multicenter studies.
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Evaluating LATE: Reiger and Silverman offer commentary on the challenges of differential diagnoses of dementia-related proteinopathy disorders, particularly those associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).
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T-cell PET imaging toolbox: Li and colleagues provide a state-of-the-art overview of the applications of T-cell PET imaging and its potential to improve clinical management of cancer immunotherapy and T-cell–driven diseases.
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Thyroid cancer standard of care: Avram and colleagues summarize the essential information needed for multidisciplinary management of differentiated thyroid cancer, emphasizing individualization of 131I therapy based on risk of tumor recurrence.
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Managing a 131I-MIBG therapy clinic: O’Brien and Pryma discuss the operational aspects of clinical implementation and use of high-specific-activity 131I-MIBG in patients with advanced pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma, including observations from a decade of personal experience.
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Imaging biomarkers in PDAC: Benz and colleagues assess 18F-FDG PET/CT as an early and late interim imaging biomarker in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who undergo first-line systemic therapy.
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131I-GD2 scintigraphy before RIT: Zhang and colleagues assess tumor targeting and biodistribution of a 131I-labeled chimeric GD2-antibody clone 14/18 in patients with late-stage neuroblastoma, sarcoma, pheochromocytoma, or neuroendocrine tumors to identify eligibility for radioimmunotherapy.
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68Ga-FAPI PET/CT in lymphoma: Jin and colleagues profile fibroblast activation proteins in different subtypes of lymphomas and explore the potential utility of 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT in characterizing lesions and extent of disease.
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177Lu-DOTATATE in lung NETs: Zidan and colleagues report on the efficacy and safety of 177Lu-DOTATATE in patients with somatostatin receptor–positive lung neuroendocrine tumors.
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Tumor sink effect in PSMA PET: Gafita and colleagues determine in an international, multicenter study the impact of tumor burden on 68Ga–PSMA-11 PET biodistribution using quantitative measurements.
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aPROMISE standardized PSMA analysis: Nickols and colleagues introduce an automated platform to extend the Prostate Cancer Molecular Imaging Standardized Evaluation criteria in 18F-DCFPyL PET/CT imaging in patients with prostate cancer.
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PSMA PET/CT IAEA study: Cerci and an international consortium of researchers report on a prospective multicenter study evaluating the diagnostic performance and clinical impact of PSMA-based PET/CT in biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer.
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EAU BCR risk groups and PSMA PET: Dong and colleagues identify associations between PSMA-targeted PET/CT findings and European Association of Urology–defined risk stratification for biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer.
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Dose estimation in RLT: Mix and colleagues investigate the value of pretherapeutic kidney function and post-first-cycle dosimetry in predicting cumulative dose at the end of PSMA-based radioligand therapy in prostate cancer.
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211At-labeled therapy for prostate cancer: Mease and colleagues detail synthesis of and initial preclinical investigations with a new 211At-labeled radiotracer targeting PSMA in prostate cancer.
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Post-COVID PET/CT in lung disease: Gheysens and colleagues look at current experience and limited data on the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in COVID-19 lung disease sequelae and preview related articles in this issue of JNM.
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PET/CT findings after COVID-19: Thornton and colleagues describe experience with the temporal evolution of pulmonary 18F-FDG uptake in patients with COVID-19 and post–COVID-19 lung disease.
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COVID-19 PET and CT lung changes: Wakfie-Corieh and colleagues explore the potential added diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in asymptomatic cancer patients with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia by investigating associations between metabolic and structural changes in lung parenchyma.
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18F-FDG PET in vasculitis: Dashora and colleagues evaluate the performance of qualitative and semiquantitative scoring methods for 18F-FDG PET assessment in images from patients with large-vessel vasculitis.
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Hippocampal efAP and tau PET: Raman and colleagues investigate whether early-frame amyloid PET correlates with the presence of tau pathology in a study group of amyloid-positive and -negative patients.
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Linearization of receptor availability: Khodaii and colleagues determine the accuracy and precision of 3 widely used linearizations of receptor availability (saturation, inhibition, and occupancy plots) in molecular imaging with PET.
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11C-PiB versus 124I-antibody PET: Meier and colleagues compare an antibody-based PET ligand targeting nonfibrillar amyloid-β with 11C-PiB after β-secretase inhibition in Alzheimer disease mouse models of advanced-stage amyloid-β pathology.
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68Ga-NODAGA-exendin-4 PET/CT in focal CHI: Boss and colleagues compare the performance of this new radiolabeled exendin-4 tracer with that of 18F-DOPA PET/CT in preoperative detection of focal congenital hyperinsulinism.
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Standard methods for dose calculations: Stabin and colleagues present standardized methods for collecting data to be used in radiopharmaceutical dose calculations, with steps that can be used as a template for calculating radiation dose estimates from animal or human data.
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