3rd RATIONALE Theranostics Summer School

Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Applications are now open for the 3rd RATIONALE Theranostics Summer School, organized by RATIONALE (COST Action CA22118). The school welcomes local and international participants interested in radionuclide theranostics. Up to 40 stipends are available for non-local participants to cover travel, accommodation, and catering.

Application deadline for stipends: February 27, 2026
Notification of results: between March 8 and March 13, 2026

Preliminary Program (Tentative Lecture Titles)

Day 1 – Radioiodine

• Introduction
• Radioiodine in Benign Thyroid Disease
• Radioiodine in Thyroid Cancer
• Intro to Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry
• Diagnostic vs Therapy Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry
• Quantitative Imaging
• Radiopharmacy

Day 2 – PSMA

• 177Lu-PSMA Therapy
• Alpha Emitters for Prostate Cancer
• The Use of AI in Medical Imaging
• AI in PSMA
• From Time-Activity Data to Pharmacokinetic Modelling
• Absorbed Dose Calculations
• Clinical Dosimetry Workflow

Day 3 – PRRT

• Diagnostics for NETs
• PRRT Therapy
• New Radiopharmaceuticals for NETs
• Dosimetry and Treatment Planning Using PBPK Modelling
• OpenDose3D: Patient-Based Dosimetry Software
• Site Visit: Nuclear Medicine Center

Day 4 – Other Radionuclide Therapies

• Therapy for Bone Metastases
• 131I-MIBG Therapy
• SIRT
• FAPI and/or CXCR4 Targeted Therapies