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68Ga-FAPI-46 and 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with immune-related thyroiditis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors

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The study was partially funded by the ERF- SNMMI (2019–2021 Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty).

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Johannes Czernin is a founder and board member, and holds equity in Sofie Biosciences and Trethera Therapeutics. Intellectual property patented by the University of California is licensed to Sofie Biosciences and Trethera Therapeutics. Johannes Czernin serves on the medical advisory board of Actinium and is a member of the VISION trial steering committee, a clinical trial sponsored by Endocyte. Johannes Czernin is the recipient of a grant from the US Department of Energy (DESC0012353), from the Prostate Cancer Foundation (2017 and 2019 Challenge Awards, 17CHAL02 19CHAL02), and from the Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center NIHNCI Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA016042). Jeremie Calais is the recipient of grants from the ERF-SNMMI (2019–2021 Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty), the Philippe Foundation Inc. (NY, USA), and the ARC Foundation (France) (International Mobility Award SAE20160604150). Jeremie Calais is a consultant for Blue Earth Diagnostics, Curium Pharma, GE Healthcare, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Progenics Radiopharmaceuticals, Radiomedix, and Telix Pharmaceuticals, outside of the submitted work. All other co-authors have no conflict of interest.

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Hotta, M., Sonni, I., Benz, M.R. et al. 68Ga-FAPI-46 and 18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with immune-related thyroiditis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 3736–3737 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-021-05373-5

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