CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2022; 21(01): 085-098
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749248
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Use of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617 for Treatment of Carcinoma Breast: Tumor Lesion Dosimetric Analysis in a Single Patient

Ambreen Khawar
1   Department of Medical Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
,
Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar
2   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Westfalen, Westfalen, Germany
,
Stefan Kürpig
3   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitat Klinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Florian. C. Gaertner
3   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitat Klinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Markus Essler
3   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitat Klinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Ralph A. Bundschuh
3   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitat Klinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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  • Areas of Interest:

    • Dosimetry

    • Theragnostics

Background: The uptake of 68Ga PSMA in neovasculature of breast cancer highest in triple negative tumor encourages therapeutic use of [177Lu]Lu PSMA analogues. In this study, we evaluated the biodistribution and tumor lesion radiation absorbed doses in a breast carcinoma patient with therapeutic dose of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617.

Materials and Methods: Female breast carcinoma patient 38 years and 68 kg weight was treated with 6,520 MBq of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617. Biodistribution was assessed with serial planar whole-body scintigraphy at 20 minutes, 1, 4, 24, and 48 hours and postinjection (p.i.) on day 8. Time activity curve for percentage injected activity in local breast lesion was determined. OLINDA/EXM software was used to determine residence times by applying biexponential curve fitting and using unit sphere model for radiation absorbed dose calculation in breast lesion.

Results: Immediate accumulation of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617 was seen in kidneys, urinary bladder, liver, and breast tumor lesion along with blood pool activity in heart and major blood vessels. Later activity increased in salivary, lacrimal glands, kidneys, urinary bladder, liver, small intestine, and breast tumor till 48 hours followed by clearance from breast lesion and other organs except small intestine till p.i. on day 8. Tumor absorbed dose to tumor tissue was found to be 0.333 mSv/MBq and a total of 2.08 Gy from 6.25 GBq of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617.

Conclusion: Biodistribution of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617was similar to mCRPC patients. However, tumor absorbed doses are found to be very low and does not support use of [177Lu]Lu PSMA-617 for therapy in breast carcinoma patients.



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Article published online:
10 May 2022

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