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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

EANM position paper on the role of radiobiology in nuclear medicine.

An Aerts, Uta Eberlein, Sören Holm, Roland Hustinx, Mark Konijnenberg, Lidia Strigari, Fijs W B van Leeuwen, Gerhard Glatting, Michael Lassmann

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

An AertsRadiobiology Unit, Institute for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium.
Uta EberleinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Eberlein_U@ukw.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2577-3195
Sören HolmDepartment of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Roland HustinxDivision of Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging, University Hospital of Liège, GIGA-CRC in vivo Imaging, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Mark KonijnenbergDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Lidia StrigariMedical Physics Department, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Fijs W B van LeeuwenInterventional Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gerhard GlattingMedical Radiation Physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Michael LassmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With an increasing variety of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic or therapeutic nuclear medicine as valuable diagnostic or treatment option, radiobiology plays an important role in supporting optimizations. This comprises particularly safety and efficacy of radionuclide therapies, specifically tailored to each patient. As absorbed dose rates and absorbed dose distributions in space and time are very different between external irradiation and systemic radionuclide exposure, distinct radiation-induced biological responses are expected in nuclear medicine, which need to be explored. This calls for a dedicated nuclear medicine radiobiology. Radiobiology findings and absorbed dose measurements will enable an improved estimation and prediction of efficacy and adverse effects. Moreover, a better understanding on the fundamental biological mechanisms underlying tumor and normal tissue responses will help to identify predictive and prognostic biomarkers as well as biomarkers for treatment follow-up. In addition, radiobiology can form the basis for the development of radiosensitizing strategies and radioprotectant agents. Thus, EANM believes that, beyond in vitro and preclinical evaluations, radiobiology will bring important added value to clinical studies and to clinical teams. Therefore, EANM strongly supports active collaboration between radiochemists, radiopharmacists, radiobiologists, medical physicists, and physicians to foster research toward precision nuclear medicine.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsNuclear MedicineBiomarkersHumansRadiobiologyRadionuclide ImagingBiomarkersBiodosimetryBiomarkersDosimetryRadiobiologyRadionuclide therapy

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PMID33912987
PMCPMC8440244

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