Nuclear imaging with PET or SPECT may offer potential advantages over standard cytokine detection methods for monitoring diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disorders and inflammation, according to a review in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Researchers noted that preclinical imaging agents targeting specific cytokines may enable real-time assessments of cytokine activity.

The National Cancer Institute's Working Group on Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer published a paper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology discussing PSMA PET imaging to study the process of biochemical recurrence and urging clinical trials. Next-gen imaging like PSMA PET can show "PSMA+BCR," which is a hidden state between local and metastatic disease," wrote Dr. Yüksel Ürün, a medical oncologist at Ankara University School of Medicine.

The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal is using PSMA PET imaging to improve detection and precision in treating cancer. The center adopted the strategy following Phase 2 clinical trial results that showed that PSMA PET-guided treatment halved relapses compared with standard methods. "This is a significant advance (in being able) to reduce recurrence in the future by better guiding and personalizing radiation therapy treatments with new, more accurate imaging," said researcher Dr. Collin Beliveau.

The radiopharmaceutical industry's reliance on isotopes with short half-lives and a globally interconnected supply chain makes it vulnerable to disruptions, writes Trey Bankson, COO of RLS Radiopharmacies. Vertical integration can enhance reliability and cost efficiency while fostering innovation, Bankson writes.

TAG1 and NRG PALLAS agreed to a multi-year deal expanding their partnership to increase the supply of radium-224 and lead-212 for continued development of TAG1's Pb-212 generator platform. TAG1 Inc. is a medical isotope supplier, specializing in lead-212 for targeted alpha therapies, while NRG PALLAS focuses on the production of medical isotopes and the development of advanced nuclear technologies.

Medicare Advantage enrollees have access to about 48% of the physicians that are available under traditional Medicare, according to a KFF analysis of MA provider directories from 2022. The study found significant disparities in network coverage across counties, with access ranging from 18% of physicians for traditional Medicare beneficiaries in San Diego to 58% in Pima, Ariz.

Asia's first production facility for Actinium-225 will be located in Hong Kong, and will include a superconducting cyclotron and radionuclide-drug production lines. The facility is expected to open in 2027.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are developing a health care plan as the government shutdown approaches one month. Expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies are a key issue in the shutdown. Johnson criticized the subsidies and called for reforms instead of extending what he sees as a flawed system.

Many health care organizations have valuable data trapped in PDFs, clinical notes, patient intake forms and other documents, often as part of EHRs, but advances in natural language processing, optical character recognition and large language models make such data easier to extract and standardize. Early adopters of technology that extracts unstructured text and converts it into structured formats have reduced missed diagnoses and improved risk stratification and patient satisfaction.

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