title: [New radiopharmaceuticals and positron-emission tomography applications at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute in Brno].
abstract: The construction and launch of the cyclotron & PET centre at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, which is run in cooperation with the Nuclear Research Institute Praha-Rez, allows the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute to engage in the research, development and application of new radiopharmaceuticals including compounds labelled by short-living positron emitters (especially 11C). For the immediate future, new projects are planned, e.g. using the proliferation marker 18F-fluoro-L-thymidine, or neuro-oncological studies using the proteosynthesis and amino acid transport marker 11C-methionine, and eventually also other compounds applicable outside of oncology. The existence of the PET centre at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute therefore offers a wide range of possibilities to both patients and physicians in the Brno region and beyond.
authors.affiliation: Masarykův onkologický ustav, Brno. adam@mou.cz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andres
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bolcák
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cermáková
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demlová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubská
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sedlácková
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valík
mesh_terms: D017357:Cyclotrons; D006801:Humans; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals