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ReviewCancers2021

PSMA Theranostics: Science and Practice.

Kgomotso Mokoala, Ismaheel Lawal, Thabo Lengana, Mankgopo Kgatle, Frederik L Giesel, Mariza Vorster, Mike Sathekge

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Radionuclides Landscape in Prostate Cancer Theranostics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Technetium 99m PSMA Superscan Mimicking a Bone Scan Gone Wrong.Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022
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  13. Molecular ZIP codes in targeted drug delivery.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kgomotso MokoalaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3784-4090
Ismaheel LawalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-040X
Thabo LenganaKVNR Molecular Imaging, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Mankgopo KgatleNuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI), Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Frederik L GieselDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Duesseldorf, 40210 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Mariza VorsterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Mike SathekgeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2806-0625
Steve Biko Hospital · ZADüsseldorf University Hospital · DEUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) causes significant morbidity and mortality in men globally. While localized PCa may be managed with curative intent by surgery and/or radiation therapy, the management of advanced hormone resistant metastatic disease (mCRPC) is more challenging. Theranostics is a principle based on the ability to use an organ specific ligand and label it to both a diagnostic and a therapeutic agent. The overexpression of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) on prostate cancer cells creates a unique opportunity for development of targeted radionuclide therapy. The use of both beta and alpha emitting particles has shown great success. Several clinical trials have been initiated assessing the efficacy and safety profile of these radionuclide agents. The results are encouraging with PSMA directed radioligand therapy performing well in patients who have exhausted all other standard treatment options. Future studies need to assess the timing of introduction of these radionuclide therapies in the management schema of mCRPC. Drugs or therapies are not without side effects and targeted radionuclide therapies presents a new set of toxicities including xerostomia and myelosuppression. New therapeutic strategies are being explored to improve outcomes while keeping toxicities to a minimum. This review aims to look at the various PSMA labelled tracers that form part of the theragnostic approach and subsequently delve into the progress made in the area of radionuclide therapy.

Indexed as

177Lu225Acprostate cancerPSMAtheranostics

Identifiers

PMID34359805
PMCPMC8345360
OpenAlexW3190204410

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Registered trials

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