Zhen Cheng

Publication Details

• Melanin-targeted preclinical PET imaging of melanoma metastasis.

  Ren G, Miao Z, Liu H, Jiang L, Limpa-Amara N, Mahmood A, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z. J Nucl Med. 2009; 50 (10): 1692-9

  Dialkylamino-alkyl-benzamides possess an affinity for melanin, suggesting that labeling of such benzamides with (18)F could potentially produce melanin-targeted PET probes able to identify melanotic melanoma metastases in vivo with high sensitivity and specificity.

  PubMedID: 19759116