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On April 10, 2012 a 42 center worldwide trial of PRRT using LU177 was announced with sites in the US and Europe.
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A multicenter, stratified, open, randomized, comparator-controlled, parallel-group phase III study. In this study, treatment with 177Lu-DOTA0-Tyr3-Octreotate plus best supportive care (30 mg Octreotide LAR) will be compared to treatment with high dose (60 mg) Octreotide LAR in patients with inoperable, somatostatin receptor positive, histologically proven
Dr. Richard P. Baum, was honored by the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India in Chennai on December 8, 2011 and received the AGASTHIAR AWARD for his "Life Time Contribution to The Field of Nuclear Medicine". Prof. Baum was also appointed "Visiting Professor" of the FM Medical University (Tandu Hospital) in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China where he initiated a project on Ga-68 imaging and PRRNT which will be the first place in China where THERANOSTICS will be performed. The initial effort for this
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Bad Berka, Germany
With over 350 participants from 30 countries representing the 5 continents, the 1st World Congress on GA68 and PRRNT marks a historical moment in the history of imaging and therapy for individuals with Neuroendocrine tumors as well as other diseases that can be imaged with GA68.
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The final program has been announced for the 1st World Congress on Ga-68 and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy to be held June 23rd-26th, 2011 in Bad Berka, Germany.
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Response, Survival, and Long-Term Toxicity After Therapy With the Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogue [90Y-DOTA]-TOC in Metastasized Neuroendocrine Cancers.
Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2011 May 9;[Epub Ahead of Print], A Imhof, P Brunner, N Marincek, M Briel, C Schindler, H Rasch, HR Mäcke, C Rochlitz, J Müller-Brand, MA Walter
To read a review of the JCO article please visit OncologyStat (free registration is required to read the summary of findings.)
1st World Congress on Ga-68 and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy
THERANOSTICS – on the Way to Personalized Medicine
Since 1997, when he first used the radiolabeled peptide Y-90 DOTATOC (a somatostatin anlogue) to treat a 15-year-old boy with a rare neuroendocrine tumor, called paraganglioma, and saw the boy go from being wheelchair-bound and in terrible pain to a young man of 20 who was walking and playing soccer, Prof. Dr. med. Richard P. Baum has been passionate about Peptide
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January 2011 - European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society has certified Zentralklink Bad Berka as an ENETS Centers of Excellence. The certification states that center meets all quality standards defined by ENETS for interdisciplinary diagnostics, medical treatment and aftercare of patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Click here to download a copy of the certificate.
"It shrinks tumors in about a third of cases significantly, and it lasts on average about two to three years," said Strosberg."Even though you get tumor shrinkage, you mostly get disease progression that stabilizes," said Dr. Thomas O'Dorisio, professor of medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Experts believe the FDA will eventually approve PRRT.
"The data are coming out slowly. There's never been a phase 3