Medical applications of astatine-211 in nuclear oncology
Properties and applications of astatine in nuclear medicine
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Medical applications of astatine-211 in nuclear oncology
Properties and applications of astatine in nuclear medicine

Author : François GUÉRARD

Publication date: November 10, 2018 | Lire en français

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4. Medical applications of astatine-211 in nuclear oncology

4.1 Animal studies

As radioactive iodine can be used alone in the form of iodide for thyroid imaging or thyroid tumor therapy, due to its strong tropism for this organ, a number of studies initially focused on the use of injected 211-astatine alone for thyroid treatments, as astatine also accumulates in the thyroid . However, as astatine also accumulates in other organs (stomach, spleen, lung, etc.), and due to the high...

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