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Research conducted in the United States and Japan has updated our knowledge about prostate cancer

Published in Telemedicine Week, May 8th, 2007

Reports outline prostate cancer research from the United States and Japan.

Study 1: Research findings, "Synthesis and biological evaluation of [18F]bicalutamide, 4-[76Br]bromobicalutamide, and 4-[76Br]bromo-thiobicalutamide as non-steroidal androgens for prostate cancer imaging," are discussed in a new report. "Androgen receptors (AR) are overexpressed in most primary and metastatic prostate cancers. To develop a nonsteroidal AR-mediated imaging agent, we synthesized and radiolabeled several analogs of the potent antiandrogen bicalutamide: [18F]bicalutamide, 4-[76Br]bromobicalutamide, and [76Br]bromo-thiobicalutamide," scientists in the United States report.

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