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February 3, 2005
In this issue:

  • JNM Supplement
  • QJNM special edition
  • Message to all our members
  • Registrations for 2005




JNM Supplement
A very interesting supplement of the JNM has been published on Nuclear Medicine Therapy.

You can also read all article abstracts in the News section (under "Articles/Publications") of our web site.

Here is the index of the issue:

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; January 2005, Vol 46, Issue 1, supplement

Clinical Practice of Molecular Radiotherapy

Steven M. Larson and Eric P. Krenning
A Pragmatic Perspective on Molecular Targeted Radionuclide Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 1S-3S.

Amin I. Kassis and S. James Adelstein
Radiobiologic Principles in Radionuclide Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 4S-12S.

Marion de Jong, Wout A.P. Breeman, Roelf Valkema, Bert F. Bernard, and Eric P. Krenning
Combination Radionuclide Therapy Using 177Lu- and 90Y-Labeled Somatostatin Analogs
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 13S-17S.

George Sgouros
Dosimetry of Internal Emitters
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 18S-27S.

Richard J. Robbins and Martin J. Schlumberger
The Evolving Role of 131I for the Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 28S-37S.

Val J. Lewington
Bone-Seeking Radionuclides For Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 38S-47S.

Peter Schneider, Jamshid Farahati, and Christoph Reiners
Radiosynovectomy in Rheumatology, Orthopedics, and Hemophilia
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 48S-54S.

Farzana D. Pashankar, M. Sue O'Dorisio, and Yusuf Menda
MIBG and Somatostatin Receptor Analogs in Children: Current Concepts on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 55S-61S.

Dik J. Kwekkeboom, Jan Mueller-Brand, Giovanni Paganelli, Lowell B. Anthony, Stanislas Pauwels, Larry K. Kvols, Thomas M. O'Dorisio, Roelf Valkema, Lisa Bodei, Marco Chinol, Helmut R. Maecke, and Eric P. Krenning
Overview of Results of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy with 3 Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 62S-66S.

Jean Claude Reubi, Helmut R. Mäcke, and Eric P. Krenning
Candidates for Peptide Receptor Radiotherapy Today and in the Future
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 67S-75S.

Eric P. Krenning, Roelf Valkema, Dik J. Kwekkeboom, Wouter W. de Herder, Casper H.J. van Eijck, Marion de Jong, Stanislas Pauwels, and Jean-Claude Reubi
Molecular Imaging as In Vivo Molecular Pathology for Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Implications for Follow-Up After Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 76S-82S.

Roelf Valkema, Stanislas A. Pauwels, Larry K. Kvols, Dik J. Kwekkeboom, Francois Jamar, Marion de Jong, Raffaella Barone, Stephan Walrand, Peter P.M. Kooij, Willem H. Bakker, Janet Lasher, and Eric P. Krenning
Long-Term Follow-Up of Renal Function After Peptide Receptor Radiation Therapy with 90Y-DOTA0,Tyr3-Octreotide and 177Lu-DOTA0, Tyr3-Octreotate
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 83S-91S.

Stanislas Pauwels, Raffaella Barone, Stéphan Walrand, Françoise Borson-Chazot, Roelf Valkema, Larry K. Kvols, Eric P. Krenning, and François Jamar
Practical Dosimetry of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy with 90Y-Labeled Somatostatin Analogs
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 92S-98S.

Raffaella Barone, Françoise Borson-Chazot, Roelf Valkema, Stéphan Walrand, Franck Chauvin, Lida Gogou, Larry K. Kvols, Eric P. Krenning, François Jamar, and Stanislas Pauwels
Patient-Specific Dosimetry in Predicting Renal Toxicity with 90Y-DOTATOC: Relevance of Kidney Volume and Dose Rate in Finding a Dose-Effect Relationship
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 99S-106S.

Jaap J.M. Teunissen, Dik J. Kwekkeboom, Peter P.M. Kooij, Willem H. Bakker, and Eric P. Krenning
Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy for Non-Radioiodine-Avid Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 107S-114S.

Robert M. Sharkey and David M. Goldenberg
Perspectives on Cancer Therapy with Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 115S-127S.

Richard L. Wahl
Tositumomab and 131I Therapy in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 128S-140S.

Yuliya S. Jhanwar and Chaitanya Divgi
Current Status of Therapy of Solid Tumors
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 141S-150S.

Michael R. Zalutsky
Current Status of Therapy of Solid Tumors: Brain Tumor Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 151S-156S.

Shakeel Modak and Nai-Kong V. Cheung
Antibody-Based Targeted Radiation to Pediatric Tumors
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 157S-163S.

Iris Verel, Gerard W.M. Visser, and Guus A. van Dongen
The Promise of Immuno-PET in Radioimmunotherapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 164S-171S.

Helmut R. Maecke, Michael Hofmann, and Uwe Haberkorn
68Ga-Labeled Peptides in Tumor Imaging
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 172S-178S.

Donald J. Buchsbaum, Tandra R. Chaudhuri, and Kurt R. Zinn
Radiotargeted Gene Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 179S-186S.

Larry K. Kvols
Radiation Sensitizers: A Selective Review of Molecules Targeting DNA and non-DNA Targets
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 187S-190S.

Leo J. Hofland, Astrid Capello, Eric P. Krenning, Marion de Jong, and Martin P. van Hagen
Induction of Apoptosis with Hybrids of Arg-Gly-Asp Molecules and Peptides and Antimitotic Effects of Hybrids of Cytostatic Drugs and Peptides
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 191S-198S.

Deborah A. Mulford, David A. Scheinberg, and Joseph G. Jurcic
The Promise of Targeted -Particle Therapy
J Nucl Med 2005 46: 199S-204S.



QJNM Special edition
The December 2004 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine (the official journal of IRIST) has been dedicated to Radioimmunotherapy with an editorial from G. Lucignani and SJ Mather, a foreward article from SJ Mather and KE Britton and the following 8 interesting reviews:

pag. 251:
A review of human anti-globulin antibody (HAGA, HAMA, HACA, HAHA) responses to monoclonal antibodies. Not four letter words.
Mirick G. R., Bradt B. M., Denardo S. J., Denardo G. L.
pag. 258 :
Design and manufacture of monoclonal antibodies for radioimmunotherapy
Hale G., Berrie E., Bird P.
pag. 267:
Targeting the bone marrow: applications in stem cell transplantation
Orchard K., Cooper M.
pag. 279:
Engineered single chain antibody fragments for radioimmunotherapy
Huhalov A., Chester K. A.
pag. 289:
Radioimmunotherapy with a-particle emitting radionuclides
Zalutsky M. R., Pozzi O. R.
pag. 297:
Radioimmunotherapy of prostate cancer
Smith-Jones P. M.
pag. 305:
Tositumomab and iodine [131I] tositumomab in the management of follicular lymphoma. An oncologist's view
Davies A. J.
pag. 317:
Radioimmunoimaging. Advances and prospects
Van de Wiele C., Revets H., Mertens N.

All articles can be downloaded from QJNM web site.

Message to all our members
Our secretariat has received many e-mails regarding the QJNM and CB&R subscriptions. We would like to reassure you all: we have already submitted the journals all the necessary information. This apparent delay is due to their own technical times. However, they will directly contact each subscriber and provide him/her with any necessary password, username or any other type of information.

IRIST Registrations for 2005
We'd like to remind all those who still haven't done so that subscriptions for the year 2005 have already begun. All members that will subscribe now on for IRIST and to our official journal the Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine, will receive all 2005 issues of the journal.

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