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ReviewEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

Global experience with PSMA-based alpha therapy in prostate cancer.

Mike M Sathekge, Frank Bruchertseifer, Mariza Vorster, Alfred Morgenstern, Ismaheel O Lawal

Erratum issuedOpen access · hybridAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review 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. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating Xerostomia as a side effect of [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
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  4. Effective treatment of human prostate carcinoma xenografts with Single-Dose PSMA-targeted [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  9. First-in-Human Phase 0 Study of AB001, a Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-TargetedJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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  10. Theranostics Nuclear Medicine in Prostate Cancer.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Design ofAnnals of translational medicine · 2024
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  14. Advances in Radioligand Theranostics in Oncology.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mike M SathekgeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa. mike.sathekge@up.ac.za.
Frank BruchertseiferEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Mariza VorsterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
Alfred MorgensternEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Ismaheel O LawalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria & Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
Joint Research Centre · DESteve Biko Hospital · ZAUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis review discusses the current state of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-based alpha therapy of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). With this in-depth discussion on the growing field of PSMA-based alpha therapy (PAT), we aimed to increase the interactions between basic scientists and physician-scientists in order to advance the field.

methodsTo achieve this, we discuss the potential, current status, and opportunities for alpha therapy and strategies, attempted to date, and important questions that need to be addressed. The paper reviews important concepts, including whom to treat, how to treat, what to expect regarding treatment outcome, and toxicity, and areas requiring further investigations.

resultsThere is much excitement about the potential of this field. Much of the potential exists because these therapies utilize unique mechanisms of action, difficult to achieve with other conventional therapies.

conclusionA better understanding of the strengths and limitations of PAT may help in creating an effective therapy for mCRPC and design a rational combinatorial approach to treatment by targeting different tumor pathways.

Indexed as

Antigens, SurfaceGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIHumansMaleProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantTreatment OutcomeAntigens, SurfaceFOLH1 protein, humanGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIActinium-225Bismuth-213Prostate cancerPSMATargeted alpha therapy

Identifiers

PMID34173838
PMCPMC8712297
OpenAlexW3176267373

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Registered trials

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