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ea0047oc29 | Spotlight on Prostate Cancer | Theranostics2016

A short history of transforming the diagnostic tracer PSMA-11 into the theranostic variant PSMA-617

Kopka Klaus

PSMA-11 belongs to the substance class of peptidomimetic prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) inhibitors. In general, the class of urea-based PSMA inhibitors was firstly described by Kozikowski et al. in 2001 [1] and one of the first preclinical imaging studies using PSMA radioligands in PSMA-positive tumor xenografts were reported by Pomper et al. in 2005 [2]. PSMA is an optimal target both for imaging and therapy of prostate cancer. The now well establ...