Radiochemical separations: Useful methods for the preparation of no-carrier-added solutions of different radionuclides for metabolic radiotherapy

C. Zona, F. Groppi, E. Persico, L. Canella, M. L. Bonardi, M. Chinol, K. Abbas, U. Holzwarth, N. Gibson

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Abstract

In Nuclear Medicine, radionuclides are used in the detection and the treatment for cancers and others diseases. We must obtain, for therapeutic purposes, solutions of radionuclides in the required chemical form, with an high specific activity (As). To reach our goal we must, first, obtain no-carrier-added (NCA) solutions. In this work we present different methods for the production of NCA radionuclides, based on either wct-chemistry, or the me and radio-chromatography. We set up four different methods: two for the preparation of the alpha emitter 211At, and two for the beta emitters 186gRa and 90Y. These radionuclides had been chosen because of their chemical and nuclear properties as their half-life, type, abundance and energy of emissions, that make them among the most promising radionuclides to label compounds for the mctabolic radionuclide therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAstroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 10th Conference
Pages711-715
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2008
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATPP 2007 - Como, Italy
Duration: Oct 8 2007Oct 12 2007

Other

OtherInternational Conference on Advanced Technology and Particle Physics, ICATPP 2007
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityComo
Period10/8/0710/12/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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