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A theranostic approach of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA.SA.FAPi PET/CT-guided [177Lu]Lu-DOTA.SA.FAPi radionuclide therapy in an end-stage breast cancer patient: new frontier in targeted radionuclide therapy

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Ref. No IECPG-22/2020 for the clinical use of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA.SA.FAPi and Ref. No. IEC/1054/5/2020 for the clinical use of [177Lu]Lu-DOTA.SA.FAPi.

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Ballal, S., Yadav, M.P., Kramer, V. et al. A theranostic approach of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA.SA.FAPi PET/CT-guided [177Lu]Lu-DOTA.SA.FAPi radionuclide therapy in an end-stage breast cancer patient: new frontier in targeted radionuclide therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 942–944 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04990-w

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