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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2020

Radiopharmaceutical therapy in cancer: clinical advances and challenges.

George Sgouros, Lisa Bodei, Michael R McDevitt, Jessie R Nedrow

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 442 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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442citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

442 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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382 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

George SgourosJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. gsgouros@jhmi.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-2866
Lisa BodeiMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-7383
Michael R McDevittMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jessie R NedrowJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3465-1296

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Dose-Response in Radionuclide TherapyR01CA116477 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HOBBS, ROBERT FRANCOIS, SGOUROS, GEORGE · 2006 to 2022
$7.1M
Combined Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Therapy of Breast CancerR01CA187037 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SGOUROS, GEORGE · 2015 to 2019
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA116477NCI NIH HHS R01 CA187037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) is emerging as a safe and effective targeted approach to treating many types of cancer. In RPT, radiation is systemically or locally delivered using pharmaceuticals that either bind preferentially to cancer cells or accumulate by physiological mechanisms. Almost all radionuclides used in RPT emit photons that can be imaged, enabling non-invasive visualization of the biodistribution of the therapeutic agent. Compared with almost all other systemic cancer treatment options, RPT has shown efficacy with minimal toxicity. With the recent FDA approval of several RPT agents, the remarkable potential of this treatment is now being recognized. This Review covers the fundamental properties, clinical development and associated challenges of RPT.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrug ApprovalHumansNeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsTissue DistributionUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationRadiopharmaceuticals

Identifiers

PMID32728208
PMCPMC7390460

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