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ReviewJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2023

Marshalling the Potential of Auger Electron Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.

Julie Bolcaen, Mohamed A Gizawy, Samantha Y A Terry, António Paulo, Bart Cornelissen, Aruna Korde, Jonathan Engle, Valery Radchenko, Roger W Howell

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2023. 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 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Theranostics for Neuroblastoma: Making Molecular Radiotherapy Work Better.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 9 institutions in 8 countries.

Julie BolcaenSSC Laboratory, Radiation Biophysics, NRF iThemba LABS, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mohamed A GizawyEgyptian Second Research Reactor Complex, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
Samantha Y A TerrySchool of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
António PauloCentro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, Bobadela, Portugal.
Bart CornelissenNuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Aruna KordeDivision of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Application, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Jonathan EngleUniversity of Wisconsin Cyclotron Research Group, Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology, Madison, Wisconsin.
Valery RadchenkoTRIUMF, Life Sciences Division, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; vradchenko@triumf.ca.
Roger W HowellDivision of Radiation Research, Department of Radiology and Center for Cell Signaling, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority · EGInternational Atomic Energy Agency · ATiThemba Laboratory · ZAKing's College London · GBRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Groningen · NLUniversity of Lisbon · PTUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

MIRDcell Version 3R01CA245139 · NCI · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Roger W. Howell · 2020 to 2026
$1.8M
Cancer Research UK 23970Medical Research Council MR/R01695X/1NCI NIH HHS R01 CA245139Wellcome Trust WT203148/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Auger electron (AE) radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) may have the same therapeutic efficacy as α-particles for oncologic small disease, with lower risks of normal-tissue toxicity. The seeds of using AE emitters for RPT were planted several decades ago. Much knowledge has been gathered about the potency of the biologic effects caused by the intense shower of these low-energy AEs. Given their short range, AEs deposit much of their energy in the immediate vicinity of their site of decay. However, the promise of AE RPT has not yet been realized, with few agents evaluated in clinical trials and none becoming part of routine treatment so far. Instigated by the 2022 "Technical Meeting on Auger Electron Emitters for Radiopharmaceutical Developments" at the International Atomic Energy Agency, this review presents the current status of AE RPT based on the discussions by experts in the field. A scoring system was applied to illustrate hurdles in the development of AE RPT, and we present a selected list of well-studied and emerging AE-emitting radionuclides. Based on the number of AEs and other emissions, physical half-life, radionuclide production, radiochemical approaches, dosimetry, and vector availability, recommendations are put forward to enhance and impact future efforts in AE RPT research.

Indexed as

ElectronsRadiopharmaceuticalsAlpha ParticlesHalf-LifeInternational AgenciesRadiopharmaceuticalsAuger electrons emittersradiopharmaceuticalsradiopharmaceutical therapyrecommendations

Identifiers

PMID37591544
PMCPMC10478825
OpenAlexW4385954439

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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