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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2026

Cellular responses to targeted radionuclide therapy: rethinking radiobiology under continuous low dose rates.

Pleun A M Engbers, Julie Nonnekens, Mariangela Sabatella

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. [International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pleun A M EngbersErasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Julie NonnekensErasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mariangela SabatellaErasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) delivers ionizing radiation directly to cancer cells through radio molecules that bind tumor-associated targets. Clinically successful examples include somatostatin receptor-directed TRT for neuroendocrine tumors, and prostate specific membrane antigen-targeted TRT for prostate cancer. Despite these advances, therapeutic efficacy remains limited by sublethal tumor doses, heterogeneous intratumoral uptake, and intrinsic radioresistance. A major challenge in improving TRT is the continued reliance on radiobiological concepts derived from external beam radiotherapy (EBRT). In contrast to EBRT, TRT is characterized by prolonged exposure times, low and variable dose rates, heterogeneous energy deposition, and radiation qualities ranging from low-linear energy transfer (LET) β

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apoptosiscell cyclecellular responseDNA damage responseradiobiologysenescencetargeted radionuclide therapy

Identifiers

PMID42539504
PMCPMC13423682

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