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IMV: Nuclear medicine procedure volumes decrease

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Total nuclear medicine patient study volumes decreased by 5.7% between 2021 and 2023, with a 10.7% Two-year compound annual growth rates (CAGR) between 2021 and 2023 show an overall average 2.9% Specifically considering cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures, total procedures have decreased by 7.1%

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. A shortage of nuclear medicine technologists means a theranostics center may need to limit its patient volume.

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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

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In 2023 compared with 2022, the total volume of positron emission tomography (PET) scans increased 10.2% In 2023, the average number of PET scans per fixed PET site (versus mobile PET) increased 6.7% from 1,401 estimated PET scans per system in 2022 to 1,495 in 2023. Davin Korstjens. physicians reading PET scans per site.

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SNMMI Elects Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI, as President at 2024 Annual Meeting

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milla1cf Wed, 06/12/2024 - 21:58 June 12, 2024 — Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI , chair of the Isotope Research and Production Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, has been named as president for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

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Cardinal Health Highlights Nuctrac Theranostic Module, Theranostics Readiness at SNMMI 2023

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milla1cf Fri, 06/23/2023 - 22:04 June 23, 2023 — Cardinal Health Nuclear & Precision Health Solutions (NPHS) (Booth #2041) will feature information on radiotherapies and theranostics readiness at the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2023 Annual Meeting.

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First Ever Investigational 18F-CD8 PET Radiopharmaceutical Aims to Predict and Monitor Early Response to Cancer Immunotherapies

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The clinical trial will use this investigational radiopharmaceutical to help understand if patients have CD8+ T cells in their tumors and will, therefore, be more likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, the main class of immunotherapies currently approved for use. Lancet Oncology 2023; 24(3): e133-e143.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval.