Theranostics
2012; 2(5):437-447.
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THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience
Richard P. Baum✉, Harshad R. Kulkarni
Department of Nuclear Medicine/ Center for PET/CT, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, ENETS Center of Excellence, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany.
✉ Corresponding author: Professor Dr. Richard P. Baum, Chairman and Clinical Director, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine / Center for PET/CT, ENETS Center of Excellence, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany. Tel. +49 364 585 2200, Fax +49 364 585 3515, richard.baumde.More
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Baum RP, Kulkarni HR. THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience. Theranostics 2012; 2(5):437-447. doi:10.7150/thno.3645. https://www.thno.org/v02p0437.htm
The acronym THERANOSTICS epitomizes the inseparability of diagnosis and therapy, the pillars of medicine and takes into account personalized management of disease for a specific patient. Molecular phenotypes of neoplasms can be determined by molecular imaging with specific probes using positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or optical methods, so that the treatment is specifically targeted against the tumor and its environment. To meet these demands, we need to define the targets, ligands, coupling and labeling chemistry, the most appropriate radionuclides, biodistribution modifiers, and finally select the right patients for the personalized treatment. THERANOSTICS of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) using Ga-68 labeled tracers for diagnostics with positron emission tomography/ computed tomography (PET/CT), and using Lu-177 or other metallic radionuclides for radionuclide therapy by applying the same peptide proves that personalized radionuclide therapy today is already a fact and not a fiction.
Baum, R.P., Kulkarni, H.R. (2012). THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience. Theranostics, 2(5), 437-447. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.3645.
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Baum, R.P.; Kulkarni, H.R. THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience. Theranostics 2012, 2 (5), 437-447. DOI: 10.7150/thno.3645.
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Baum RP, Kulkarni HR. THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience. Theranostics 2012; 2(5):437-447. doi:10.7150/thno.3645. https://www.thno.org/v02p0437.htm
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Baum RP, Kulkarni HR. 2012. THERANOSTICS: From Molecular Imaging Using Ga-68 Labeled Tracers and PET/CT to Personalized Radionuclide Therapy - The Bad Berka Experience. Theranostics. 2(5):437-447.