| Description |
1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Principles of therapy with unsealed sources / Janet F. Eary -- Therapeutic radioisotopes / Joseph G. Rajendran -- Radionuclide joint therapy / Winfried Brenner -- Treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma / Maria João Oliveira and J.M. Pereira de Oliveira -- Palliation of bone pain from osteoblastic metastases / Edward B. Silberstein -- ²²⁴RaCl therapy for treatment of ankylosing spondylitis / Willm Uwe Kampen and Norbert Czech -- Radioimmunotherapy of solid tumors / Chaitanya Divgi -- Radioimmunotherapy of lymphomas / Ajay Gopal -- Polycythemia vera and therapy with phosphorus-32 / Teresa C. Ferreira, M. Rosário Vieira, and Frederik A.A. de Jonge -- Iodine-131 radiotherapy for benign thyroid desease / Sandi A. Kwee, Marc N. Coel, and David Fitz-Patrick |
| Summary |
One in three of the 30 million Americans who are hospitalized are diagnosed or treated with nuclear medicine techniques. This text provides a succinct overview and detailed set of procedures and considerations for patient therapy with unsealed radioactivity sources. Serving as a complete literature reference for therapy with every radiopharmaceutical currently utilized in practice, this source covers the quality control of radiopharmaceuticals, the role of the physician in radionuclide therapy, and essential procedures and protocols required by health care personnel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Radioisotopes -- Therapeutic use.
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Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
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Nuclear medicine.
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Radiotherapy.
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Radiopharmaceuticals -- therapeutic use
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Radiotherapy
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Radiation Oncology
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Nuclear Medicine
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Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- General.
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Radiotherapy
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Cancer -- Radiotherapy
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Nuclear medicine
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Radioisotopes -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eary, Janet F.
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Brenner, Winfried.
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| ISBN |
9781420016642 |
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1420016644 |
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