Collection

Preclinical Molecular Imaging and Cancer Theranostics

Molecular imaging is rapidly changing the diagnostic landscape for a variety of human diseases, especially cancers. With a growing understanding of the pathogenesis and development of human diseases, various targets or molecular events have been harnessed to develop molecular imaging tracers or theranostic agents, which further improve the management of diseases upon clinical translation. Although translating and promoting radiopharmaceuticals for clinical use is a long-term goal, we should embrace preclinical development and evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals, especially those that address unmet clinical challenges. In this collection, we welcome colleagues to contribute preclinical yet promising work on radiopharmaceuticals.

Editors

  • Weijun Wei

    A physician-scientist majoring in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging at Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. As an active nuclear medicine physician and associate professor at the university hospital, he is dedicated to developing novel protein-based radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and treating cancers.

  • Dawei Jiang

    Prof. at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Wuhan Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. His research interests include the design and development of DNA and antibody-based tracers for medical imaging and disease treatment. He has authored >100 academic papers and was awarded "2019 Ones to Watch" and "Michael J. Welch Postdoctoral Award" by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Am. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging and editorial board members of Journal of Nanobiotechnology and Molecular Pharmaceutics.

Articles (48 in this collection)