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- Zachary Klaassen and Phillip Koo discuss the results from the COBRA study, focusing on the innovative 64Cu-SAR-bisPSMA PET imaging presented at ASCO 2024. Dr. Koo explains that this new imaging agent has unique dual binding sites and advanced chelator technology, enhancing its attachment to prostate cancer cells and increasing the detection rate. The COBRA trial reveals that imaging performed the...
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- Andrea Miyahira talks with Louise Emmett who shares her unconventional journey into nuclear medicine, sparked by a contrarian spirit and a suggestion against pursuing the field. Initially specializing in nuclear cardiology in Canada, she shifted to theranostics and nuclear medicine, driven by the dynamic growth in these areas. Dr. Emmett discusses the challenges and excitement of running clinical...
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- Alicia Morgans speaks with Louise Emmett about the ENZA-p study, presented at ESMO 2023. This groundbreaking research explores the combination of lutetium and enzalutamide in treating early metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Patients, previously showing limited response to enzalutamide, were screened with PSMA PET and randomized to receive either enzalutamide alone or combined with lut...
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- Renu Eapen, a recipient of the PCF Young Investigator Award, details her groundbreaking project on early use of Lutetium PSMA for high-risk localized prostate cancer. The two-cohort clinical trial involves administering Lutetium PSMA upfront, followed by radical prostatectomy. An integral part of the study is the translational work, analyzing changes in the tumor microenvironment in response to Lu...
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- Phillip Koo is joined by Joseph Osborne to provide a nuclear radiologist's perspective on the equity in prostate cancer clinical trials. Dr. Osborne focuses his talk on three different aspects of clinical trial equity for prostate cancer: Progress, Evolution, and Goals. He also details the Rad Health Equity Lab, created at Weill Cornell to improve access to radiology and bring awareness to health...
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- Alicia Morgans is joined by Shahneen Sandhu to discuss her presentation at GU ASCO 2022 on targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), specifically lutetium, and the next wave of novel radiopharmaceuticals. Dr. Sandhu's presentation focused on where we go with PSMA treatments in the future. Biographies: Shahneen Sandhu, MD, Ph.D., MBBS, FRACP, Associate Professor, Consultant Medical Oncol...
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- In this LUGPA CME presentation, Dr Phillip Kuo presents theranostics and its role in prostate cancer treatment. He provides a brief introduction into theranostics, a focus on PSMA, highlighting some select theranostic trials, then delves into a broader vision of what theranostics can mean, particularly to the nuclear medicine committee and PSMA. Biographies: Phillip H. Kuo, MD, Ph.D., Professor of...
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- Alicia Morgans and Michael Morris, discuss the PSMAfore trial in progress. At the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress, Dr. Morris provided a summary of the PSMAfore trial which examines the role of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 in taxane-naïve patients with mCRPC. Dr. Morris reviews the radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) data from the VISION trial and the complementary dat...
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- Kendra Harris, Chair of Radiation Oncology at the Tulane Cancer Center joins Phillip Koo discussing the process and stakeholders required for developing and implementing a theranostics program, where there is an integration of PSMA imaging and PSMA targeted treatment in the radiation oncology (or nuclear medicine) clinic. The Tulane Cancer Center has successfully implemented a radioligand therapy...
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- Alicia Morgans with Arun Azad and Declan Murphy about an ongoing clinical trial exploring the use of Lutetium PSMA for treating newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Dr. Azad reveals that the trial aims to assess whether adding Lutetium PSMA to standard chemo-hormonal therapy improves efficacy. The study has garnered significant interest, enrolling over a quarter of its tar...
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