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Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-188 Radiopharmaceuticals for Radionuclide Therapy

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e advantageously used <strong>for</strong> the preparation of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals<br />

that target different cancers. These comprise antibodies, peptides <strong>and</strong> small sized<br />

biomolecules. This programme was intended to support further acceleration of<br />

research prospects <strong>for</strong> developing <strong>188</strong> Re <strong>and</strong> <strong>90</strong> Y radiopharmaceuticals in Member<br />

States.<br />

The first research coordination meeting (RCM) of the CRP was held<br />

at POLATOM, Warsaw, Pol<strong>and</strong>, from 30 June to 4 July 2008. The meeting<br />

reviewed the work of the different participating laboratories <strong>and</strong> the drafted<br />

work plan. The second RCM of the CRP was held from 22 to 26 March 2010 at<br />

IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The purpose of the meeting was to review<br />

the progress of the work done during the first 18 months, to make any necessary<br />

mid-term corrections <strong>and</strong> to <strong>for</strong>mulate the work plan <strong>for</strong> the second half of the<br />

CRP. The last RCM of the CRP took place from 28 November to 2 December 2011<br />

at IAEA Headquarters. During the meeting, the participant countries presented a<br />

comprehensive summary of their activities carried out within the whole period<br />

of the CRP <strong>and</strong> highlighted the main achievements. A critical analysis has been<br />

devoted to address problems <strong>and</strong> challenges that prevented full achievement of<br />

the expected outputs. Future perspectives <strong>and</strong> recommendations <strong>for</strong> promoting<br />

new projects in the field have also been extensively discussed.<br />

1.2. OBJECTIVES<br />

The overall objective of the CRP was linked to the main project 2.5.1.3.<br />

(2008–2009) Cost Effective Therapeutic <strong>Radiopharmaceuticals</strong> Development,<br />

which was aimed at finding solutions to meet the specific clinical needs of<br />

the developing world in the area of cancer treatment through the development<br />

of radioisotopic based techniques capable of promoting both the research <strong>and</strong><br />

clinical application of locally produced radiopharmaceuticals. The specific<br />

objectives were to develop radiopharmaceuticals <strong>for</strong> targeted therapy using<br />

<strong>188</strong> Re <strong>and</strong> <strong>90</strong> Y <strong>and</strong> to study the per<strong>for</strong>mance of generators with long lived parent<br />

radionuclides, as well as to validate quality control procedures <strong>for</strong> estimating the<br />

purity of generator eluates.<br />

1.3. SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS<br />

1.3.1. Strontium-<strong>90</strong>/yttrium-<strong>90</strong> generators<br />

During this CRP, different types of equipment <strong>for</strong> recovering <strong>90</strong> Y from a<br />

<strong>90</strong> Sr/ <strong>90</strong> Y generator were developed <strong>and</strong> used by the participant groups. These<br />

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