| Literature DB >> 28576169 |
Dorthe Skovgaard1, Morten Persson2, Andreas Kjaer3.
Abstract
Urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) is a key component in proteolysis and extracellular matrix degradation during cancer invasion and metastasis. uPAR overexpression is an important biomarker for aggressiveness in several solid tumors and provides independent clinical information. A recent major breakthrough was obtained with human translation of uPAR PET using 68Ga-NOTA-AE105. Clinical results are encouraging and several large-scale clinical trials are now ongoing. This review focuses on uPAR PET with 68Ga-NOTA-AE105 as a new broadly applicable diagnostic and prognostic imaging biomarker in cancer.Entities:
Keywords: Breast cancer; Invasiveness; Molecular imaging; Oncology; PET; Prognostication; Prostate cancer; Theranostics
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28576169 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2017.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PET Clin ISSN: 1556-8598