ISSN:
1432-2161
Keywords:
Technetium phosphates
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Radiopharmaceuticals, diagnostic scanning, bone, in staging malignant disease
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The past few years have been notable by the torrent of work which has served to establish bone scanning as one of the most useful nuclear medicine procedures. The quantitative radiopharmacology of the 99mTc phosphates has great possibilities for obtaining reliable and reproducible bone scans of high quality. Bone scans are extremely useful in staging malignant disease, particularly with primaries involving breast, prostate, lung, kidney and thyroid, but are also useful in the work up of the lymphomas, in the female genital cancer tract, and primary bone malignancy. The full potential of these compounds in the care of the cancer patient has been confirmed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00360939
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