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Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1389-2010
ISSN (Online): 1873-4316

Molecular Probes for Malignant Melanoma Imaging

Author(s): Gang Ren, Ying Pan and Zhen Cheng

Volume 11, Issue 6, 2010

Page: [590 - 602] Pages: 13

DOI: 10.2174/138920110792246465

Price: $65

Abstract

Malignant melanoma represents a serious public health problem and is a deadly disease when it is diagnosed at late stage. Though 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been widely used clinically for melanoma imaging, other approaches to specifically identify, characterize, monitor and guide therapeutics for malignant melanoma are still needed. Consequently, many probes targeting general molecular events including metabolism, angiogenesis, hypoxia and apoptosis in melanoma have been successfully developed. Furthermore, probes targeting melanoma associated targets such as melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R), melanin, etc. have undergone active investigation and have demonstrated high melanoma specificity. In this review, these molecular probes targeting diverse melanoma biomarkers have been summarized. Some of them may eventually contribute to the improvement of personalized management of malignant melanoma.

Keywords: Molecular Imaging, Melanoma, PET, Molecular Probe, MC1R, Melanin


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