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ARRS: How to manage the side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

AuntMinnie

Theranostics treatments are used with increasing frequency now since the approvals and expansions of Lutathera (lutetium-177 [Lu-177]) DOTATATE, a radiopharmaceutical for neuroendrocrine tumors (NETs) and Pluvicto, Lu-177 PSMA-617, for prostate cancer. In addition, dose calculations estimated mean dose to the arm of approximately 3 Gy.

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SNMMI Elects Jean-Luc C. Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, as President-Elect at 2024 Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC, professor of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine and Medicine, has been named president-elect of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). I look forward to working with all SNMMI members, stakeholders, and patients ‘communities to achieve these goals.”