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ArticleCancer research2019

α-Particle-Emitter Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: Resistance Is Futile.

George Sgouros

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Article in Cancer research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Tumor Response to Radiopharmaceutical Therapies: The Knowns and the Unknowns.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
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  14. Comparison of CD38-Targeted α- Versus β-Radionuclide Therapy of Disseminated Multiple Myeloma in an Animal Model.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

George SgourosRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. gsgouros@jhmi.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-9655

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha-emitter radiopharmaceutical therapy (α-RPT) is a treatment modality that is impervious to conventional cellular resistance mechanisms because of the unique properties of the α-particle. Radiobiological studies of α-particle emitters have been few as they require detailed consideration of both biology and physics. Clinical studies of this radiation delivery modality have shown highly promising results in cancers that are resistant to other treatments. The work by Yard and colleagues published in this issue introduces an innovative approach to radiobiological investigations of α-RPT and highlights the specific physics considerations required to properly investigate this multidisciplinary treatment modality.

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NeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsAlpha ParticlesHumansRadiobiologyRadiopharmaceuticals

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