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Table 1 Molecular radiotherapies and possibilities for dosimetric treatment planning identified in the report

From: Dosimetry-based treatment planning for molecular radiotherapy: a summary of the 2017 report from the Internal Dosimetry Task Force

Radiopharmaceutical

Procedure

Compounds used for pre-treatment imaging

Post-treatment imaging or measurement methods

131I NaI

Benign thyroid disease

131I NaI

124I NaI

123I NaI

Thyroid probe. Gamma cameraa or SPECT/CT.

131I NaI

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) with ablative intent and in the case of recurrent disease

131I NaI

124I NaI

123I NaI

Gamma camera or SPECT/CT.

Whole-body probes, blood sampling

131I mIBG

Neuroblastoma in children and young adults

131I mIBG

124I mIBG

123I mIBG

Whole-body probe for bone marrow estimation.

Gamma camera or SPECT/CT

131I mIBG

Neuroendocrine tumors in adults

131I mIBG

124I mIBG

123I mIBG

Gamma camera or SPECT/CT

177Lu DOTATATE

Neuroendocrine tumors

Radiolabelled somatostatin analogs

Gamma camera or SPECT/CT

90Y somatostatin analogs

Adult neuroendocrine disease

Analogs, as 86Y–DOTATOC

111In-DOTATATE

Bremsstrahlung gamma camera or SPECT/CT.

PET/CT.

89SrCl2, 153Sm-EDTMP, 186Re-HEDP, and 188Re-HEDP

Bone pain palliation

99mTc-MDP for 153Sm-EDTMP

Gamma camera or SPECT/CT for 153Sm-EDTMP, 186Re-HEDP and 188Re-HEDP

223Ra dichloride

Bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer

99mTc-MDP

Planar gamma camera imaging

177Lu PSMA ligands

Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Analog PET ligands

SPECT/CT

90Y microspheres

Liver metastases or primary tumors

99mTc-albumin macro aggregate

Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT.

PET/CT.

90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

111In-ibritumomab tiuxetan

Bremsstrahlung gamma camera or SPECT/CT.

PET/CT.

90Y, 32P, and 186Re colloid, 169Er citrate

Radiosynovectomy

99mTc MDP/HDP/HEDP and/or 99mTc-HIG

Planar Gamma camera imaging,

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  1. aGamma camera indicates both planar scintigraphy imaging and SPECT/CT imaging, if not otherwise specified