Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Therapy-Induced Tumor Apoptosis Detected by Caspase-3–Selective Molecular Imaging

Quang-Dé Nguyen, Ioannis Lavdas, James Gubbins, Graham Smith, Robin Fortt, Laurence Carroll, Martin A. Graham, Eric O. Aboagye

Clinical Cancer Research · 2013 · 55 citations · 20 references

Abstract

The proapoptotic effects of CPA and birinapant resulted in a time-dependent increase in [(18)F]ICMT-11 uptake detected by PET. [(18)F]ICMT-11-PET holds promise as a noninvasive pharmacodynamic biomarker of caspase-3-associated apoptosis in tumors.

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