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Abstract
Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) holds significant promise as a localized treatment for cancer. Encouraging clinical results from using peptides and antibodies labeled with alpha emitters to treat patients with metastatic cancers, particularly those who have not responded to other therapies, provide compelling evidence of TAT's potential. To fully realize the benefits of TAT, it is essential to carefully select appropriate radionuclides and targeting delivery systems to maximize therapeutic efficacy while minimizing nonspecific toxicity to healthy tissues. This review explores key radiochemical, radiopharmaceutical, and radiation-biological considerations for current TAT candidates, and proposes additional potential candidates, establishing a foundation and criteria for the ongoing development of TAT radiopharmaceuticals.
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Nuclear Medicine and Biology publishes original research addressing all aspects of radiopharmaceutical science: synthesis, in vitro and ex vivo studies, in vivo biodistribution by dissection or imaging, radiopharmacology, radiopharmacy, and translational clinical studies of new targeted radiotracers. The importance of the target to an unmet clinical need should be the first consideration. If the synthesis of a new radiopharmaceutical is submitted without in vitro or in vivo data, then the uniqueness of the chemistry must be emphasized.
These multidisciplinary studies should validate the mechanism of localization whether the probe is based on binding to a receptor, enzyme, tumor antigen, or another well-defined target. The studies should be aimed at evaluating how the chemical and radiopharmaceutical properties affect pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, or therapeutic efficacy. Ideally, the study would address the sensitivity of the probe to changes in disease or treatment, although studies validating mechanism alone are acceptable. Radiopharmacy practice, addressing the issues of preparation, automation, quality control, dispensing, and regulations applicable to qualification and administration of radiopharmaceuticals to humans, is an important aspect of the developmental process, but only if the study has a significant impact on the field.
Contributions on the subject of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals also are appropriate provided that the specificity of labeled compound localization and therapeutic effect have been addressed.