Image diagnosis and nuclear medicine

Summary

This group focusses its research on improving the diagnostic-imaging and nuclear-medicine techniques applied to various diseases, such as infectious and inflammatory diseases, and to various types of tumours.

491 Publications

Strategic lines

Diagnosis of osteoarticular infection
Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
Radioguided location of tumour lesions
Sentinel lymph node in multifocal breast cancer and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Development of new methods for the quality control of Nuclear Medicine instruments
Quality Assurance Manual
Radiofrequency treatment of osteoid osteomas
Vertebroplasty
Radiofrequency treatment of unresectable renal tumours
Botulinum toxin treatment of spastic shoulder pain in post-stroke patients and with pyramidal pain without response to conservative measures
Neurolytic blockade using rhizolysis
Quantification of bile acid absorption with 75Se-SEHCAT in chronic diarrhoea

Selected Publications

Maus,M;López Polo,V;Mateo,L;Lafarga,M;Aguilera,M;de Lama,E;Meyer,K et al, Iron accumulation drives fibrosis, senescence and the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, Nat. Metab., 2023;5(12):2111-2130, doi:10.1038/s42255-023-00928-2
Mitjavila,M;Jimenez Fonseca,P;Belló,P;Pubul,V;Percovich,JC;Garcia Burillo,A;Hernando,J et al, Efficacy of [(177)Lu]Lu-DOTATATE in metastatic neuroendocrine neoplasms of different locations: data from the SEPTRALU study., Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging, 2023;50(8):2486-2500, doi:10.1007/s00259-023-06166-8
Herrera Hidalgo,L;Muñoz,P;Álvarez Uría,A;Alonso Menchén,D;Luque Marquez,R;Gutiérrez Carretero,E;Fariñas,MDC et al, Contemporary use of cefazolin for MSSA infective endocarditis: analysis of a national prospective cohort., Int. J. Infect. Dis., 2023;137134-143, doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.10.019
Guerrero Pérez,F;Vilarrasa,N;Huánuco,LV;Busquets,J;Secanella,L;Vercher Conejero,JL;Vidal,N et al, Ectopic insulinoma: a systematic review, Rev. Endocr. Metab. Disord., 2023;24(6):1135-1146, doi:10.1007/s11154-023-09824-2
Narvaez,J;Estrada,P;Vidal Montal,P;Sanchez Rodriguez,I;Sabate Llobera,A;Nolla,JM;Cortes Romera,M, Impact of previous glucocorticoid therapy on diagnostic accuracy of [18F] FDG PET-CT in giant cell arteritis, Semin. Arthritis Rheum., 2023;60152183-152183, doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152183

Selected Projects

18ACL106. A RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, MULTICENTER PHASE 3 STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF BGB-A317 VERSUS SORAFENIB AS FIRST-LINE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH UNRESECTABLE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA. BEIGENE, LTD. Budget: 30.870€. 2018-2023. PI: De Lama SALVADOR, Mª Eugenia.
PSJ23066. Estudio dosimétrico en los pacientes tratados con [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617. Sociedad Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (SEMNIM). Budget: 25.000€. 2023-2024. PI: MARTÍN MARCUARTU, JUAN JOSE.
19ACL037. A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, OPEN-LABEL, GLOBAL PHASE 3 STUDY COMPARING THE EFFICACY OF THE ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY BGB-A317 VERSUS CHEMOTHERAPY AS SECOND LINE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED UNRESECTABLE/METASTATIC ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL (IRL) LIMITED. Budget: 1.633,94€. 2019- . PI: Calvo Malvar, Nahum.
2022-113-1. TERAPIA CON RADIOPÉPTIDOS EN PRÁCTICA CLÍNICA. Sociedad Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (SEMNIM). 2022- . PI: Vercher Conejero, José Luis.
14ACL069. ESTUDIO DE FASE II ABIERTO, ALEATORIZADO, DE TRES GRUPOS, DE DICLORURO DE RADIO-223 DE 50 kBq/kg (55 kBq/kg TRAS IMPLEMENTAR LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL NIST) EN COMPARACIÓN CON 80 kBq/kg (88 kBq/kg TRAS IMPLEMENTAR LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL NIST) y 50 kBq/kg (55 kBq/kg TRAS IMPLEMENTAR LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL NIST) EN UN PROGRAMA DE DOSIS AMPLIADO EN PACIENTES CON CÁNCER DE PRÓSTATA RESISTENTE A LA CASTRACIÓN CON METÁSTASIS ÓSEA. 2014-2023. PI: Mora Salvado, Jaume.