radiopharmaceutical
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200px|thumbnail|right| A carbon-11 labelled radiopharmaceuticalRadiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Radiopharmaceuticals emit radiation themselves, which is different from contrast media which absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound. Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents.
Research
123,609 papers- Radiopharmaceutical therapy in cancer: clinical advances and challenges.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2020
- Consensus nomenclature rules for radiopharmaceutical chemistry - Setting the record straight.Nuclear medicine and biology · 2017
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Development-What's Changed?Seminars in radiation oncology · 2021
- Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapy for Bone Metastases.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2024
- Combining PSMA-Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapy with Immunotherapy.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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39 sectionsContents
- Drug nomenclature
- Specific radiopharmaceuticals
- Hydrogen-3
- Carbon-11
- Carbon-14
- Nitrogen-13
- Oxygen-15
- Fluorine-18
- Sodium-22
- Sodium-24
- Phosphorus-32
- Calcium-47
- Chromium-51
- Iron-59
- Cobalt-57
- Cobalt-58
- Gallium-67
- Gallium-68
- Selenium-75
- Krypton-81m
- Rubidium-82
- Strontium-89
- Yttrium-90
- Technetium-99m
- Indium-111
- Iodine-123
- Iodine-125
- Iodine-131
- Diagnostic
- Therapeutic
- Xenon-133
- Samarium-153
- Erbium-169
- Lutetium-177
- Thallium-201
- Radium-223
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200px|thumbnail|right| A carbon-11 labelled radiopharmaceuticalRadiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Radiopharmaceuticals emit radiation themselves, which is different from contrast media which absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound. Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents.
The main group of these compounds are the radiotracers used to diagnose dysfunction in body tissues. While not all medical isotopes are radioactive, radiopharmaceuticals are the oldest and remain the most common of such drugs.
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