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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

This theranostic therapy first demonstrated how using diagnostic imaging with a radioactive probe, gallium-68 (Ga-68 dotatate injection), could locate NETs on PET scans. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

This theranostic therapy first demonstrated how using diagnostic imaging with a radioactive probe, gallium-68 (Ga-68 dotatate injection), could locate NETs on PET scans. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

AuntMinnie

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.