[76Br]Bromodeoxyuridine PET in tumor-bearing animals

Autor: Nigel E.A. Crompton, Barbara Kaser-Hotz, U Roelcke, Peter Vontobel, Ilonka Guenther, Klaus L. Leenders, August P. Schubiger, Jean E. Ryser, Hans Blattmann, Peter Bläuenstein, Olivier Gardelle
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 28:51-57
ISSN: 0969-8051
Popis: 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) provides in vitro measures of tumor cell proliferation. We used positron emission tomography to study tissue and plasma kinetics of [76Br]BUdR in tumor-bearing animals. In order to account for the slow washout of the major plasma metabolite, [76Br]bromide, a mathematical correction for the distribution volume of [76Br]bromide was applied. However, following correction specific tumor tracer retention was low or even zero and did not correlate with independent measures of proliferation. The kinetic characteristics of [76Br]BUdR make this tracer unsuitable for proliferation imaging.
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