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Radiotheranostics in oncology: Making precision medicine possible

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Aboagye, Eric O., Barwick, Tara D., Haberkorn, Uwe·2023·CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

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A quintessential setting for precision medicine, theranostics refers to a rapidly evolving field of medicine in which disease is diagnosed followed by treatment of disease‐positive patients using tools for the therapy identical or similar to those used for the diagnosis. Against the backdrop of only‐treat‐when‐visualized , the goal is a high therapeutic index with efficacy markedly surpassing toxicity. Oncology leads the way in theranostics innovation, where the approach has become possible with the identification of unique proteins and other factors selectively expressed in cancer versus healthy tissue, advances in imaging technology able to report these tissue factors, and major understanding of targeting chemicals and nanodevices together with methods to attach labels or warheads for imaging and therapy. Radiotheranostics —using radiopharmaceuticals—is becoming routine in patients with prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors who express the proteins PSMA (prostate‐specific membrane antigen) and SSTR2 (somatostatin receptor 2), respectively, on their cancer. The palpable excitement in the field stems from the finding that a proportion of patients with large metastatic burden show complete and partial responses, and this outcome is catalyzing the search for more radiotheranostics approaches. Not every patient will benefit from radiotheranostics; but, for those who cross the target‐detected line, the likelihood of response is very high.

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  • Theranostics has the potential to further optimize treatment regimens, potentially reducing the economic burden associated with prolonged or ineffective therapies.

    “Additionally, the emergence of theranostics, which combines diagnostics and therapy using radiopharmaceuticals, has the potential to further optimize treatment regimens, potentially reducing the economic burden associated with prolonged or ineffective therapies [128].”

    From Radiopharmaceuticals: navigating the frontier of precision medicine and therapeutic innovation (2024) · cites this paper as [128]

    The Introduction defines theranostics as integrating targeted diagnostics and treatment, and the Theranostics Audit Trail describes using scans and treatment reviews to guide continuation or restriction of therapy. These passages support the potential to optimize treatment regimens. The paper does not say this would reduce the economic burden of prolonged or ineffective treatment; Optimizing Outcome instead identifies the cost of radiotheranostics as a logistical challenge. No page numbers were available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Aboagye, E. O., Barwick, T. D., & Haberkorn, U.
Affiliations
  • Hammersmith Hospital (GB)
  • National Health Service (GB)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
Corresponding author
Aboagye, Eric O.
Venue
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2023-01-09
Volume
73
Issue
3
Pages
255-274
ISSN
  • 0007-9235 (ISSN-L)
  • 1542-4863
OpenAlex
W4313837147
Cited by
131
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 19
FWCI
5.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Cancer Research UK (A25149, C2536/A28680)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (WSCC_P62585)
  • Imperial College London
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HA 2901/12-1)
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • Medical Research Council (MR/N020782/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
Keywords
radiotheranostics, theranostics, precision medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, prostate-specific membrane antigen, somatostatin receptor 2, prostate cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, targeted radionuclide therapy, tumor imaging, metastatic cancer, therapeutic index
MeSH terms
Humans, Male, Medical Oncology, Prostatic Neoplasms, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Radiopharmaceuticals, Precision Medicine

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