Table V.

Molecular Imaging of Transporter-Related Processes: Suggested Uses to Improve Cancer Therapy

Utility	Example	References
Evaluating/predicting response to chemotherapy	[99mTc]-Sestamibi for predicting MDR	(31)
Investigating chemotherapy pharmacokinetics	Studying docetaxel disposition using [11C]-docetaxel	(81)
Enhancing the visual differences between tumor and normal tissue during surgery	ICG for labeling hepatocellular carcinomas	(95)
Prediction of transporter expression or activity in humans based on preclinical data	[11C]-verapamil for comparing data obtained in preclinical studies to data in humans	(114)

ICG indocyanine green, P-gp P-glycoprotein