| Literature DB >> 28267457 |
Dorthe Skovgaard1, Morten Persson2, Andreas Kjaer3.
Abstract
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) overexpression is an important biomarker for aggressiveness in cancer including prostate cancer (PC) and provides independent clinical information in addition to prostate-specific antigen and Gleason score. This article focuses on uPAR PET as a new diagnostic and prognostic imaging biomarker in PC. Many preclinical uPAR-targeted PET imaging studies using AE105 in cancer models have been undertaken with promising results. A major breakthrough was obtained with the recent human translation of uPAR PET in using 64Cu- and 68Ga-labelled versions of AE105, respectively. Clinical results from patients with PC included in these studies are encouraging and support continuation with large-scale clinical trials.Entities:
Keywords: Molecular imaging; PET; Prostate cancer; Radionuclide imaging; Theranostics; uPAR
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28267457 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2016.12.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PET Clin ISSN: 1556-8598