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ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

AuntMinnie

Three clinical issues that may arise with theranostics treatments will require special provisions, including spot imaging, according to insights shared during the 124th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Boston. It causes radiation injury that may be visible as dry desquamation or moist desquamation, for example.

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

AuntMinnie

Reshaping the hospital's nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceutical strategy toward theranostics involves intensive and inclusive planning, Beyder explained at SNMMI. Underwood led the nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceutical therapy team within radiation safety at Mayo Clinic and directly supports the program in Rochester.

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First Participant Treated Using NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes’ Electron Accelerator-produced Copper-67 (Cu-67) in Clarity Pharmaceuticals’ Phase I/IIa Theranostic Clinical Trial Investigating Cu-67 SARTATE for Treatment of Neuroblastoma

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Administration of the therapeutic dose took place as part of an ongoing Phase I/IIa theranostic clinical trial conducted by Clarity Pharmaceuticals to investigate the safety and efficacy of Cu-67 SARTATE in pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma.

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Extravasation rulemaking to dominate ACMUI public meeting June 17

AuntMinnie

Nuclear medicine injection extravasations and medical events will be the focus of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI)'s public teleconference on June 17. I hope you won't make that a medical event because that would be ridiculous. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rulemaking.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

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. Since the U.S.

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Blue Earth Diagnostics Highlights Presentations on POSLUMA (Flotufolastat F 18) in Prostate Cancer at Upcoming ASTRO Annual Meeting

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PET imaging with POSLUMA reveals clinical information crucial to decision-making for men with prostate cancer, and we are excited to share further information with the radiation oncology community at ASTRO 2023,” said David E. Jani, MD, FASTRO, Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.,

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

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. Since the U.S.