• Examples of uncommon but valuable procedures are octreotide (pentetreotide) or NETSPOT (gallium 68) imaging for somatostatin receptors found on the surface of many tumors, meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging for neuroendocrine tumors, heat-damaged red blood cell imaging for identifying ectopic splenic tissue, and gastric mucosa imaging for Meckel's diverticulum (especially in pediatrics). (wikipedia.org)
  • I-123 as iobenguane (I-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine, I-123-MIBG). (e-lactancia.org)
  • We determined bystander responses generated by the uptake of radioiodinated iododeoxyuridine ([*I]IUdR) and radiohaloanalogues of meta-iodobenzylguanidine ([*I]MIBG) by noradrenaline transporter (NAT) gene-transfected tumour cells. (strath.ac.uk)
  • A phase I clinical trial for [131I] meta-iodobenzylguanidine therapy in patients with refractory pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a study protocol. (kanazawa-u.ac.jp)
  • The results demonstrate that the cytotoxicity of disulfiram was copper-dependent, the molar excess of disulfiram relative to copper resulted in attenuation of disulfiram-mediated cytotoxicity, copper was required for the radiosensitizing activity of disulfiram, and copper-complexed disulfiram enhanced the efficacy not only of external-beam radiation but also of targeted radionuclide therapy in the form of (131)I-MIBG. (strath.ac.uk)
  • Meta -[ 131 I]iodobenzylguanidine ( 131 I-MIBG) is a radiopharmaceutical for the systemic treatment of patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. (springeropen.com)
  • Examples of radionuclide therapeutic procedures are 131I treatment of hyperthyroidism, 131I treatment of thyroid cancer, and radioimmunotherapy with 90Y ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin) & 131I tositumomab (Bexxar) therapy of low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (wikipedia.org)
  • 188Re (Rhenium) as Rhenium-SCT for treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) Planar imaging Most radionuclides give off gamma-rays when they decay. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transfer from GU: Combining targeted radionuclide therapy and radiosensitisers for tumour therapy. (strath.ac.uk)
  • Therefore radionuclides emitting high LET radiation may elicit toxic or protective effects on neighbouring untargeted cells at low and high dose respectively. (strath.ac.uk)
  • TAT is exclusively cytotoxic and not affected by many of the limitations associated with conventional chemotherapy and radionuclide therapy using electrons. (springeropen.com)
  • However, little is known of the influence of these effects in targeted radionuclide treatment of cancer. (strath.ac.uk)
  • Radionuclide imaging with somatostatin analogs attached to radioactive tracer can be used to advantage for diagnosis of carcinoid tumors. (medscape.com)
  • 15. Tumor dosimetry using [124I]m-iodobenzylguanidine microPET/CT for [131I]m-iodobenzylguanidine treatment of neuroblastoma in a murine xenograft model. (nih.gov)
  • Therapeutic studies of peptide receptor radionuclides e.g. 177Lu-DOTATATE in patients with relapsed neuroblastoma have used 68Ga- DOTATATE PET/CT to determine eligibility for therapy. (nih.gov)
  • Carcinoid tumors often express SSTR-1 to SSTR-3 and, infrequently, SSTR-2. (medscape.com)
  • Iodine 123 is a cyclotron-produced radionuclide that decays to Te 123 by electron capture. (drugbank.com)
  • 3 Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. (nih.gov)
  • radionuclide imaging. (nih.gov)
  • 188Re (Rhenium) as Rhenium-SCT for treatment of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer (basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) Planar imaging Most radionuclides give off gamma-rays when they decay. (wikipedia.org)
  • Of these patients, 3 patients had metastatic HNPGL. (kl.ac.at)
  • A 2-dimensional image of the radionuclide distribution can be made with a gamma camera, often called an Anger scintillation camera after its inventor, Hal Anger. (wikipedia.org)
  • The advantages of CMR are enhanced spatial resolution, image quality, and inherent 3-dimensional nature, which have allowed identification of morphologic variants of HCM, some of which can be missed by echocardiography. (medscape.com)