The Chemical Scaffold of Theranostic Radiopharmaceuticals: Radionuclide, Bifunctional Chelator, and Pharmacokinetics Modifying Linker

Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals have been researched extensively in the last decade as a result of the growing research interest in personalized medicine to improve diagnostic accuracy and intensify intensive therapy while limiting side effects. Radiometal-based drugs are of substantial interest be...

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Published in:Molecules
Main Authors: Holis Abdul Holik, Faisal Maulana Ibrahim, Angela Alysia Elaine, Bernap Dwi Putra, Arifudin Achmad, Achmad Hussein Sundawa Kartamihardja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/10/3062
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Summary:Therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals have been researched extensively in the last decade as a result of the growing research interest in personalized medicine to improve diagnostic accuracy and intensify intensive therapy while limiting side effects. Radiometal-based drugs are of substantial interest because of their greater versatility for clinical translation compared to non-metal radionuclides. This paper comprehensively discusses various components commonly used as chemical scaffolds to build radiopharmaceutical agents, i.e., radionuclides, pharmacokinetic-modifying linkers, and chelators, whose characteristics are explained and can be used as a guide for the researcher.
ISSN:1420-3049