Scintigraphic use of 87Y during 90Y therapy of bone metastases

Kutzner, J.; Hahn, K.; Beyer, G.J.; Grimm, W.; Bockisch, A.; Rösler, H.P.

NUKLEARMEDIZIN. Nuclear Medicine 31(2): 53-56

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-5566
PMID: 1565571
Document Number: 399605
Carrier-free 87Y is produced by cyclotron irradiation of Rb. It decays with a half-life of 80.3 h, transforming via 87mSr to stable 87Sr with the emission of gamma lines of 0.48 and 0.39 MeV. Experience in 6 patients shows good scan quality and correspondence between 99mTc-DPD and 87Y images useful in 90Y-citrate therapy for bone metastases. 87Y offers new possibilities of studying biological kinetics in 90Y therapy. To avoid contamination this should only be used in departments with possibilities of radioactive waste storage and controlled disposal.

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