Essays about: "radionuclide therapy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words radionuclide therapy.

  1. 1. Production and Evaluation of a Bombesin Analogue Conjugated to the Albumin-Binding Domain and DOTA for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Fredrika Landmark; [2021]
    Keywords : bombesin; prostate cancer; radiotherapy; human serum albumin; half-life extension; bombesin; prostatacancer; radioterapi; humant serumalbumin; halveringstidsförlängning;

    Abstract : Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide and claims hundreds of thousands of lives annually. Currently the most common treatment for prostate cancer is external beam radiotherapy, however, this treatment comes with serious side effects since it lacks selectivity for the cancer cells. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluation of internal dosimetry for 225- Ac using one single measurement based on 111-In imaging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Selma Curkic; [2021]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background and aim: There is a high interest in determining the absorbed dose in tumors and organs for various radiotherapy cancer treatments. Due to limitations in today's methods of determining the patient specific absorbed dose it is usually not proceeded clinically. READ MORE

  4. 3. The synthesis and analysis of a bombesin analogue for radiotherapy of prostate cancer

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Ábel Nagy; [2019]
    Keywords : Prostate cancer; radionuclide therapy; bombesin; gastrin-releasing peptide receptor; albumin binding domain; SPPS; RM26 analogue;

    Abstract : Targeted radionuclide therapy is becoming a widely used cancer treatment strategy. By radiolabeling receptor-specific peptides, cancer cells overexpressing the receptor can be selectively targeted, and the cytotoxic radionuclide can be delivered to the target cell or tissue for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluation of peptide-receptor radionuclide therapy in breast cancer and neuroblastoma, in combination with the radio-sensitizing drug VIP-116

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Bonoshree Dey; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Cancer being one of the leading causes of death globally, raises an international fight to defeat and finally conquer cancer. It represents more than 200 different diseases that individually have varying symptoms and treatments. The p53-pathway is of great interest as it has shown to be crucial in the formation of cancerous cells. READ MORE

  6. 5. Radiosensitising tumour cells : Optimisations in vitro and in vivo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi

    Author : Sara Lundsten; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : One in three people in Sweden will sometime during their life be diagnosed with􀀀 cancer. The most important therapies used today to treat these patients are surgery,􀀀 radiation and chemotherapy. READ MORE