Radiopharmaceuticals for Therapy

Part I. Radiopharmaceuticals

1. Introduction: Radiopharmaceuticals Play an Important Role in Both Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

2. Therapeutic Radionuclides Decay with Particle Emission for Therapeutic Applications
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

3. Alpha Radionuclide Therapy
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

4. Auger Electron-Based Radionuclide Therapy
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

Part II. Production, Processing and Availability of Therapeutic Radioisotopes

5. Reactor-Produced Therapeutic Radionuclides
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

6. Accelerator-Produced Therapeutic Radionuclides
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

7. Radionuclide Generator Systems Represent Convenient Production Systems to Provide Therapeutic Radionuclides
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

8. Availability of Alpha-Emitting Radioisotopes by Reactor and Accelerator Production and via Decay of Naturally Occurring Parents
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

Part III. Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy

9. Radioimmunotherapy (RIT)
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

10. Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT)
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

11. Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Hepatic Cancer
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

Part IV. Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Treatment of Chronic Disease

12. Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Bone Pain Palliation
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

13. Locoregional Radionuclide Therapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC)
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

14. Radionuclide Synovectomy: Treatment of Inflammation of the Synovial Joints
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

15. Inhibition of Arterial Restenosis Following Balloon Angioplasty
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

Part V. Looking Ahead: New Radiopharmaceutical Strategies for Therapeutic Applications

16. Moving Forward: Expected Opportunities for the Development of New Therapeutic Agents Based on Nanotechnologies
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

17. Translation of Radiopharmaceuticals from Bench to Bedside: Regulatory and Manufacturing Issues
F. F. (Russ) Knapp, Ashutosh Dash

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Nuclear Medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Oncology, Endocrinology