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Radiation Oncology/Radiopharmaceuticals
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Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents
Radiopharmaceuticals emit radiation themselves, which is different from contrast media which absorb or alter external electromagnetism or ultrasound
Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents
List of Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals
/Calcium-47/
/Carbon-11/
/Carbon-14/
/Chromium-51/
/Cobalt-57/
/Cobalt-58/
/Erbium-169/
/Fluorine-18/
/Gallium-67/
/Gallium-68/
/Hydrogen-3/
/Indium-111/
/Iodine-123/
/Iodine-125/
/Iodine-131/
/Iron-59/
/Krypton-81m/
/Lutetium-177/
/Nitrogen-13/
/Oxygen-15/
/Phosphorus-32/
/Radium-223/
/Rubidium-82/
/Samarium-153/
/Selenium-75/
/Sodium-22/
/Sodium-24/
/Strontium-89/
/Technetium-99m/
/Thallium-201/
/Xenon-133/
/Yttrium-90/