What is Datscan, and what does “Datscan” mean on PubMed?
Datscan is the brand name for [123I] ioflupane, an imaging tracer used with nuclear medicine scans to help evaluate dopamine transporter (DAT) activity in the brain. PubMed records typically list it under “ioflupane I 123” or “123I-ioflupane” (and sometimes “Datscan” in the title/abstract).
If you saw “Datscan” and “PubMed” together, the usual goal is to find studies, clinical trials, and reviews about its use, dosing protocols, diagnostic performance, and indications.
How to search PubMed for “Datscan” results in July 2025
To find what PubMed published around July 2025, use a PubMed query that combines the drug name with a publication-date filter:
- Drug terms: "Datscan"[Title/Abstract] OR ioflupane[Title/Abstract] OR "ioflupane I 123"[Title/Abstract] OR "123I-ioflupane"[Title/Abstract]
- Date range: set publication date to July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025 (PubMed has a filter for “Publication dates”)
If you’re trying to narrow to papers that involve Italy, add an Italy filter:
- Country/affiliation terms such as Italy[Affiliation] (or include Italian/specific institutions if you know them)
- Or use keywords like Rome, Milan, Italy, or specific radiology/nuclear medicine departments if you have a target site
Is there a way to find Italy-specific Datscan studies (without missing foreign-language records)?
On PubMed, “Italy” usually shows up as:
- an author affiliation (e.g., “Department of …, University of …, Italy”), or
- keywords/MeSH terms in some records, depending on indexing and the paper’s metadata.
If you use only the word “Italy” in the title/abstract, you can miss studies where Italy is only in affiliations. The more reliable approach is:
- use Italy[Affiliation] plus the tracer terms, rather than only searching for Italy in the abstract text.
Why a search might return few (or zero) “Datscan” hits in July 2025
A few common reasons:
- The paper uses the generic name ioflupane but not “Datscan” in the title/abstract.
- Publication month matters: some journals are indexed later than the “online first” date.
- Imaging studies may be indexed under broader terms (e.g., Parkinson’s disease diagnostic imaging) without repeating the brand name.
- If you included Italy too strictly (e.g., only title/abstract), you may filter out eligible papers.
Using both brand and generic terms typically recovers more results.
What to do if you meant “Datscan” availability or regulatory status in Italy
If your intent is not academic papers but how Datscan is used or approved in Italy, PubMed won’t be the main source. You’d usually check:
- EMA/FDA-related background for the product,
- Italian medicines/regulatory listings and clinical guidance,
- or payer/hospital protocol documents.
If you tell me whether you mean scientific publications or commercial/regulatory availability, I can point you to the right kind of search.
Quick clarification to get you the exact answer
To produce the right PubMed results, I need one detail:
- Do you want PubMed search results for July 2025 that include Italy, or are you asking about Datscan in Italy (regulatory/clinical availability)?
Reply with either:
1) “PubMed results” (and whether you want any Datscan-related paper or only clinical trials), or
2) “Datscan in Italy” (and whether you mean approval, reimbursement, or how it’s used).