Current Radiopharmaceuticals - Volume 10, Issue 2, 2017

Although Somastostatin (SS) scintigraphy (SRS) has been introduced many years ago, it remains the most diffuse radionuclide diagnostic tool in patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Being SS receptors (SSTR) expressed in the majority of NETs, radiolabeled SS analogues (SS-A) provide high diagnostic accuracy, mainly in patients with gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) tumors. SSTR are the best target for radiotrace Read More

Background and Objective: Breathing movement can introduce heavy bias in both image quality and quantitation in PET/CT. The aim of this paper is a review of the literature to evaluate the benefit of respiratory gating in terms of image quality, quantification and lesion detectability. Methods: A review of the literature published in the last 10 years and dealing with gated PET/CT technique has been performed, focusing on improv Read More

Background: 1-α-D-(5-Deoxy-5-[18F]fluoroarabinofuranosyl)-2-nitroimidazole([18F] FAZA) is a PET radiotracer that demonstrates excellent potential in imaging regional hypoxia, and is clinically used in diagnosing a wide range of solid tumors in cancer patients. [18F]FAZA, however, is radiofluorinated in only moderate recovered radiochemical yield (rRCY, ~12%). It is postulated that the relative stability of the C1' β-ano Read More

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of FDG-PET/CT parameters on outcome of oropharyngeal squamocellular cancer (OSCC) patients undergoing helical tomotherapy (HTT), with dose escalation to FDG-PET/CT positive tumour volumes using the simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) technique. Materials and Methods: We analysed 41 patients studied by FDG-PET/CT and treated with radical intent between 2005 and 20 Read More

Background: Ultrasound or stereotactic guided hook-wire localisation has been the standard-of-care for the pre-surgical localisation of impalpable breast lesions, which account for approximately a third of all breast cancer. Radioguided occult lesion localisation using I-125 seeds (ROLLIS) is a relatively new technique for guiding surgical excision of impalpable breast lesions, and is a promising alternative to the traditional hook- Read More

Background and Objective: In a security ward we assessed the diagnostic contribution of single photon scintigraphy [SPECT] in our diagnostic pathway for patients with serious mental disease and a history of violence. Methods: Twenty patients were examined between 2012 and 2015 and the findings compared to those in nine patients with the same diagnosis, but no history of violence. Results: All violent patients had areas Read More

Background: D4 small peptide (Leu-Ala-Arg-Leu-Leu-Thr) was selected as an appropriate agent for specific targeting of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Objective: The aim of study was to investigate the 99mTc-labeled D4 peptide for non-small cell lung tumor targeting. Method: HYNIC-(Ser)3-D4 peptide was labeled with 99mTc using mixture of tricine and ethylenediamine diacetic acid (EDDA) as co-ligands. The in Read More

The aim of this work was to assess the influence of treatment with U-Caspofungin, on the quality of diagnostic scintigraphic images of induced lesions in nude mice undergoing both bacterial and fungal infections and to determine the level of specificity of 99mTc-tricarbonyl-Caspofungin to discriminate between fungal or bacterial infections. In vitro studies on the behaviour of the 99mTc-tricarbonyl-Caspofungin complex bind Read More

Background: Labeled RGD peptide that specifically targets ανβ3 integrin has great potential for the early diagnosis of malignant tumors.αvβ3 integrin receptors appear specifically more on the surface of glioblastoma (malignant glioma) cells rather than normal cells. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify a novel RGD that can be radiolabeled with 99mTc with in vitro assessment of its targeting ability for U87MG hu Read More