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SUBMITTER: Sgouros G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature reviews. Drug discovery 20200729 9
Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) is emerging as a safe and effective targeted approach to treating many types of cancer. In RPT, radiation is systemically or locally delivered using pharmaceuticals that either bind preferentially to cancer cells or accumulate by physiological mechanisms. Almost all radionuclides used in RPT emit photons that can be imaged, enabling non-invasive visualization of the biodistribution of the therapeutic agent. Compared with almost all other systemic cancer treatmen ...[more]