Review Article

Nanotargeted Radionuclides for Cancer Nuclear Imaging and Internal Radiotherapy

Table 4

Selected passively nanotargeted tumor nuclear imaging and radiotherapeutic applications.

NanoparticlesRadionuclidesImaging or RadiotherapeuticsApplicationsReference

Liposomes 9 9 m T c , 111In, 67Ga, 9 9 m T c Gamma imagingMultitude diagnostics of tumor, infection, Inflammation, and lymphoscintigraphy[28, 29, 6062]

Liposomes111InGamma/SPECT imagingClinical biodistribution, PK and imaging studies of breast, head and neck, glioma and lung cancer patients[53, 62]

Liposomes18FPET imagingLiposomal tracking in vivo with 18F-limposome-PET imaging[6668]

Liposomes111In, 177LuGamma/SPECT imagingGamma imaging of tumor targeting for C26 and HT29/luc animal models[70, 71]

Liposomes64CuPET imagingPassive targeted delivery and imaging with bioconjugated 64Cu-BAT- PEG-liposome[69]

Liposomes131I, 90Y, 188Re, 67CuRadiotherapeuticsAn analytical dosimetry study for the use of radionuclide-liposome conjugates in internal radiotherapy[74]

Liposomes186ReRadiotherapeuticsIntraoperative 186Re-liposome radionuclide therapy in a head and neck squanous cell carcinoma xenograft positive surgical margin model[78]

Liposomes111In, 188ReRadiotherapeuticsImaging, biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic efficacy studies of 111In/188Re-liposome on C26 and HT-29 tumor-bearing animal models[70, 72, 80, 81]

Liposomess225AcRadiotherapeuticsTargeted 𝛼 -particles emitters of 225Ac-generators encapsulated in liposomes as therapeutic agents for micrometastases cancer[8284]

Liposomes10BRadiotherapeutics10B-liposomes nanotargeted therapeutics for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)[85, 86]

Liposomes111In, 188ReRadiochemo-therapeuticsImaging, biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic efficacy, and dosimetry studies of 111In/188Re-VNB/DXR-liposome on C26 and HT-29 tumor/ascites-bearing animal models[71, 73, 81, 9093]

mAb: monoclonal antibody, CNT: carbon nanotube, QD: quantum dots, IO: iron oxide.