Monitoring of treatment-induced apoptosis in oncology with PET and SPECT

Blankenberg, FG

HERO ID

4850177

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2008

Language

English

PMID

18991713

HERO ID 4850177
In Press No
Year 2008
Title Monitoring of treatment-induced apoptosis in oncology with PET and SPECT
Authors Blankenberg, FG
Journal Current Pharmaceutical Design
Volume 14
Issue 28
Page Numbers 2974-2982
Abstract The early assessment of a solid tumor's response to conventional or new drug therapy to complement or replace current RECIST (or other clinical) criteria remains an elusive goal. The work horse PET tracer 18 F-FDG, may represent the most immediate method to track individual tumor response to therapy for many types of cancer. Newer radiotracers such as radiolabeled annexin V, have also shown the ability to selectively localize to tumor cells undergoing apoptosis (programmed cell death) in response to successful treatment in vivo. In this article we will review therapy reduced tumor apoptosis and the radiotracers used to date to image this process in both animal models and clinical trials.
Pmid 18991713
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