2018
High Single Doses of Radiation May Induce Elevated Levels of Hypoxia in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors
Kelada OJ, Decker RH, Nath SK, Johung KL, Zheng MQ, Huang Y, Gallezot JD, Liu C, Carson RE, Oelfke U, Carlson DJ. High Single Doses of Radiation May Induce Elevated Levels of Hypoxia in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2018, 102: 174-183. PMID: 30102194, PMCID: PMC6092043, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.05.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiation therapyTumor hypoxic volumeHigh single dosesNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumorsCell lung cancer tumorsLung cancer tumorsSingle dosesTumor hypoxiaTreatment failureNSCLC tumorsBlood ratioHypoxic volumeRadiation therapyDay 2F-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) positron emission tomographyCancer tumorsInstitutional review board-approved studyTumor vascular responseBody radiation therapyBoard-approved studyConventional radiation therapyPositron emission tomographyBaseline hypoxiaDetectable hypoxiaNSCLC patients
2016
Elevated Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Availability in Obese Individuals: A PET Imaging Study with [11C](+)PHNO
Gaiser EC, Gallezot JD, Worhunsky PD, Jastreboff AM, Pittman B, Kantrovitz L, Angarita GA, Cosgrove KP, Potenza MN, Malison RT, Carson RE, Matuskey D. Elevated Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Availability in Obese Individuals: A PET Imaging Study with [11C](+)PHNO. Neuropsychopharmacology 2016, 41: 3042-3050. PMID: 27374277, PMCID: PMC5101552, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexVentral striatumObese individualsD2/3R availabilityOB individualsReward regionsSubstantia nigra/ventral tegmental areaDopamine D2/3 receptor availabilityNormal-weight individualsTreatment of obesityVentral tegmental areaNovel pharmacologic targetsD2/3 receptor availabilitySN/VTAAgonist tracersOverweight cohortMass indexWeight individualsTegmental areaBrain reward regionsAntagonist tracersPharmacologic targetReceptor availabilitySecondary analysisNW individuals