The arrival of cell-based therapies is a revolution in medicine. However, its safe clinical
application in a rational manner depends on reliable, clinically applicable methods for …

Gallium-68 is a positron-emitting radioisotope that is produced from a 68Ge/68Ga generator.
As such it is conveniently used, decoupling radiopharmacies from the need for a cyclotron …

Gallium, a semi-metallic element in group 13 (IIIa) of the periodic table, has shown efficacy
in the treatment of several apparently diverse disorders. These disorders can be broadly …

Triggered by the resounding success of cisplatin, the past decades have seen tremendous
efforts to produce clinically beneficial analogues. The recent achievement of oxaliplatin for …

The objective of medical imaging using molecular probes and perfusion radiotracers is to
provide rapid, noninvasive evaluation of physiology, pathology, and/or organ function. The …

Radiopharmaceuticals, drugs containing a radionu-clide, are used routinely in nuclear
medicine depart-ments for the diagnosis of disease and are under investigation for use in …

Metals and metal compounds have been used in medicine for several thousands of years. In
this review we summarized the anti-cancer activities of the ten most active metals: arsenic …

PET (positron emission tomography) is a powerful diagnostic and imaging technique which
requires short‐lived positron emitting isotopes. The most commonly used are accelerator …

Purpose A new field of interest is the application of 68 Ga-labelled DOTA-conjugated
peptides for positron emission tomography (PET). The commercially available or house …

Radiolabeled peptides are of increasing interest in nuclear oncology. Special emphasis has
been given to the development of peptides labeled with positron emitters. Among these, 68 …