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Chapter 1 Basic Nuclear Physics and Instrumentation |
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1.1 Basic Nuclear Physics |
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1.1.2 Radiation and radionuclide |
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1.1.4 Radioactivity and Half-life |
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1.1.5 Interaction of radiation with matter |
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Chapter 2 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry |
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2.2 The Use of Radiopharmaceuticals |
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2.3 Production of Radionuclides |
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2.3.1 Cyclotron-produced radionuclides |
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2.3.2 Reactor-produced radionuclides |
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2.3.3 Generator-produced radionuclides |
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2.4 Radiolabeling Chemistry |
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2.4.4 Metallic radionuclide chemistry |
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2.4.5 Radioiodine chemistry |
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2.5 PET Radiopharmaceuticals |
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2.5.1 PET radiopharmaceuticals for brain imaging |
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2.5.1.1 Brain perfusion and metabolism |
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2.5.1.2 Brain neurotransmitter systems |
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2.5.1.3 β-Amyloid plaques imaging |
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2.5.2 PET radiopharmaceuticals for heart imaging |
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2.5.3 PET radiopharmaceuticals for tumor imaging |
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2.6 99mTc-labeled Radiopharmaceuticals |
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2.6.1 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for bone imaging |
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2.6.2 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for brain imaging |
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2.6.3 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for heart imaging |
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2.6.4 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for kidney imaging |
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2.6.5 99mTc labeled radiopharmaceuticals for liver imaging |
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2.6.6 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals for blood flow |
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2.7 Miscellaneous Radiopharmaceuticals |
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2.8 Quality Control of Radiopharmaceuticals |
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Part II Clinical Applications |
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Chapter 3 Unexpected Nuclear Scan Findings Due to Radiopharmaceutical, Technical, or Patient-Related Factors |
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3.2 Unexpected Nuclear Scan Findings From Radiopharmaceutical, Technical, or Patient Related Factors |
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Chapter 4 Nuclear Medicine in Neurological Disorder |
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4.1 Cerebrovascular Disease |
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4.1.1 Radiopharmaceuticals: Imaging protocol and analysis method |
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4.1.2 Normal brain perfusion |
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4.1.3 Brain perfusion SPECT in cerebrovascular disease |
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4.2 SPECT and PET in Epilepsy |
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4.2.1 Brain perfusion SPECT in epilepsy |
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4.2.2 FDG-PET in epilepsy |
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4.3.1 Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment |
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4.3.2 FDG-PET in differential diagnosis of dementia |
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4.3.3 Amyloid plaque imaging in AD |
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Chapter 5 Scintigraphic Imaging of Cerebral Spinal Fluid Flow, Blockage, and Leakage |
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Chapter 6 Nuclear Endocrinology |
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6.1.1 Anatomy, physiology and metabolism |
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6.1.1.1 Iodide metabolism and the physiology of thyroid |
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6.1.1.2 Thyroid function test |
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6.1.1.4 FDG-PET in thyroid disease |
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6.1.2 Radioactive iodine therapy |
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Chapter 7 Nuclear Cardiac Imaging |
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7.1 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging |
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7.1.1 Radiopharmaceuticals |
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7.1.3 Imaging and analysis |
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7.2 Myocardial Metabolism and Viability |
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7.2.1 Energy metabolism of myocardium and radiopharmaceuticals |
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7.2.3 Myocardial viability assessment |
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7.3 Other Cardiovascular Imaging |
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Chapter 8 Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine |
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8.2 Anatomy and Physiology |
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8.4 Venous Thromboembolism |
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8.5 Lung Imaging Techniques |
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8.5.1 Ventilation imaging |
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8.5.4 VQ scan interpretation |
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8.5.5 Post-test VQ investigation and follow-up of PE |
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Chapter 9 Gastrointestinal Nuclear Medicine |
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9.2.1 Gastric emptying scintigraphy |
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9.2.2 GI bleeding scintigraphy |
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9.2.3 Hepatobiliary scintigraphy |
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9.3 Oncologic Imaging in GI Tumors |
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9.3.2 Esophagus and stomach |
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9.3.5 Hepatobiliary tumors |
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Chapter 10 Nuclear Imaging of Esophageal, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancers |
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10.1.2.5 Detection of recurrent disease |
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10.1.2.6 Monitoring of therapeutic response |
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10.2.2.3 Lymph node metastases |
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10.2.2.4 Peritoneal carcinomatosis |
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10.2.2.5 Distant metastases |
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10.2.2.6 Monitoring tumor response |
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10.2.2.7 Local recurrence |
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10.3.2.3 Monitoring the Therapeutic Effect |
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Chapter 11 Nuclear Urology |
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11.2 Renal Anatomy and Physiology |
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11.3 Radiopharmaceuticals |
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11.4 Radionuclide Renography |
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11.5 Renal Cell Carcinoma |
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11.7.5 Other tracers for PET |
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11.8.3 Assessment of treatment response |
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11.8.4 Prognostic prediction |
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Chapter 12 Bone and Joint Nuclear Imaging |
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12.2 Agents for Skeletal NI |
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12.2.1 Agents for osteoblastic activity |
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12.2.2 Selective skeletal agent |
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12.3 Imaging Technique and New Scanners |
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12.4 Normal Appearance and the Perception and Interpretation of Abnormal Findings |
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12.4.1 Normal variants and perception of abnormal findings |
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12.4.2 Disease-specific patterns and characteristics |
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12.5 Clinical Applications |
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12.5.1 Skeletal metastasis |
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12.5.1.4 Renal cell cancer |
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12.5.1.5 Multiple myeloma |
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12.5.2 Primary bone tumors: Benign and malignant |
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12.5.3 Metabolic bone diseases |
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12.5.5 Inflammation and infection of the skeletal system |
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12.5.5.2 Osteomyelitis in patients with diabetes |
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Chapter 13 Lymphoscintigraphy and Nuclear Venography |
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Chapter 14 Infection and Inflammation Imaging |
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14.2 Pathophysiology of Infection and Inflammation |
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14.3 Targeting Strategies for Infection and Inflammation Imaging |
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14.3.1 Increase in vascular permeability |
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14.3.2 Endothelial activation |
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14.3.3 Leukocyte accumulation |
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14.4 Radiopharmaceuticals |
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14.4.1 Radiolabeled leukocytes |
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14.4.4 Radiolabeled antibody |
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14.4.5 99mTc-ciprofloxacin |
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14.5 Clinical Applications |
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14.5.1 Fever of unknown origin |
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14.5.2 Immunodeficiency patient |
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14.5.3 Inflammatory bowel disease |
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14.5.4 Prosthesis infection |
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14.5.5 Respiratory disease |
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14.5.6 Cardiovascular system |
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14.5.7 Other applications |
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14.6 PET/CT of Inflammation |
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14.6.2 Mechanism of uptake in inflammatory processes |
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14.6.3 Disease activity and accumulation |
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15.4 Uptake by Tumor Cells |
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15.5 Blood Flow and Uptake |
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15.6 Specific Pitfalls of PET/CT |
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15.7 PET/CT of Hematologic Malignancies |
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15.7.3 Response monitoring |
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15.7.4 Evaluation of prognosis |
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15.7.5 Proliferative activity in malignant lymphoma |
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Chapter 16 Receptor-Binding Peptide Imaging |
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16.1 Receptor Targeting in Oncology |
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16.3 Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide |
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16.4 Bombesin, Calcitonin, and Cholecystokinin |
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16.5 Epidermal Growth Factor and Vitronectin Receptor |
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16.6 Infectious and Inflammatory Imaging Peptides |
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16.7 Thrombus Imaging Peptides |
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Chapter 17 In vivo Molecular Imaging |
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17.1 Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine |
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17.2 Molecular Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography |
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17.3 Reporter Gene Imaging |
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17.4 Multimodal Molecular Imaging |
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17.5 Molecular Imaging Using Nanoparticles |
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17.6 Translational Research Using Molecular Imaging |
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Chapter 18 In Vitro Nuclear Medicine Tests |
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18.1 Carbon-14 Urea Breath Test |
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18.4 Cell Survival and Sequestration |
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Chapter 19 Therapeutic Applications of Radiopharmaceuticals |
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19.1 Introduction to Radionuclide Therapy |
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19.2 Radiopharmaceuticals for Therapy |
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19.2.1 Therapeutic radionuclides |
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19.2.2 The ranges of emitted particle radiation in the tissue |
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19.2.3 Biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals determines residence time of radionuclides in the target tissue and non-target tissues |
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19.2.4 Dosimetry of radiopharmaceuticals |
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19.2.5 Radionuclides of therapeutic interest |
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19.3 Systemic Radionuclide Therapies in Practice |
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19.3.1 Polycythemia vera using 32P |
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19.3.2 Hyperthyroidism and Graves disease using 131I |
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19.3.3 Thyroid cancer remnants using 131I |
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19.3.4 Refractory lymphomas using 90Y- ibritumomab tiuxetan and 131I |
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19.3.5 Painful osseous metastases using 89Sr chloride and 153Sm-EDTMP |
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19.3.6 Neuroendocrine tumor using 111In-octreotide, 90Y- DOTA-TOC and 177Lu-DOTA-TOC |
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19.4 Locoregional Radionuclide Therapies |
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19.4.1 Concerns specific to locoregional radionuclide therapies |
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19.4.1.2 Toxicity and interaction with host |
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19.4.1.3 Dosimetry modeling and limits |
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19.4.2 The practice of locoregional radionuclide cancer therapy |
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19.4.2.1 Intraarterial palliative treatment of liver cancers |
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19.4.2.2 Intrathecal treatment of meningeal carcinomatosis |
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19.4.2.3 Pleural and pericardial effusion |
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19.4.2.4 Peritoneal carcinomatosis |
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19.4.2.5 Intracavitary treatment of cystic brain tumors |
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19.4.2.6 Interstitial radionuclide therapies |
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