Molecular theranostics: principles, challenges and controversies.

• Tác giả: Geoffrey Currie
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 306.47 *Art
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Journal of medical radiation sciences , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 699888

Tóm tắt

Theranostics is a new term for long-established principles in nuclear medicine. The generalisability of the term means there is a very broad use of the term across the medical literature, not all of which is consistent with the intent in nuclear medicine. The term molecular theranostics better reflects the philosophy and application in nuclear medicine. Even with a clearer definition, there are a number of challenges or controversies whose debate provides a richer understanding of the principles and applications of molecular theranostics. Radioiodine imaging and therapy of hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer provide the historical context for theranostics. The prototype molecular theranostic is the