All you need to know about Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT)

All you need to know about Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT)

Updated 11th March 2026 This update authored by many top names in the PRRT/NET world is extremely useful to bring you up to date in 2026 Lisa Bodei, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Francesco Giammarile, Marianne Pavel, Valentina Ambrosini, Richard P. Baum, Dieter Hörsch, James R. Howe, Marta Cremonesi, Ghassan El-Haddad, Yuni K. Dewaraja, Thomas A. Hope, David Taieb,Joint EANM, IAEA, and SNMMI practical guidance on somatostatin receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumours, The EANM Journal, 2026, 100017, ISSN 3051-2921, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eanmj.2026.100017.Click here (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S3051292126000047) Abstract: Somatostatin analogue-based Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) is a molecularly targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy involving the systemic administration of a…

PRRT and the NHS England Cancer Drugs Fund (now archived information)

Please note this post is now historic information - PRRT (Lutathera) was eventually approved for use in UK.  See the following post for the very latest on PRRT worldwide - CLICK HERE I was extremely disappointed to learn of the decision to remove PRRT (Lutetium or Yttrium) from the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF).  You can read the detail of the decision here: CDF Statement.  PRRT has regularly been described by NET specialists and patients as the "magic bullet" due to its potential to shrink or kill tumours.  This is the second Neuroendocrine Cancer treatment to be withdrawn this year, after…