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Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-188 Radiopharmaceuticals for Radionuclide Therapy

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FIG. 9.14. In vitro stability of <strong>90</strong> Y <strong>and</strong> 177 Lu albumin microspheres.<br />

177 Lu microspheres at 48 h <strong>and</strong> 80% activity<br />

in lungs <strong>and</strong> <strong>90</strong>% activity<br />

in lungs <strong>for</strong> 177 Lu microspheres. However, the growing radioactivity in liver <strong>and</strong><br />

bone at 4 <strong>and</strong> 24 h p.i. indicated a fast dissociation of 177 Lu from the complex.<br />

Further studies are essential to confirm the in vivo stability of microspheres with<br />

177 Lu <strong>and</strong> <strong>90</strong> Y.<br />

9.5. COLLOIDS FOR RADIOSYNOVECTOMY<br />

The project was carried out in collaboration with the Department of<br />

Radiochemistry of Colloids, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Pol<strong>and</strong>)<br />

under the supervision of W. Janusz. Extensive experiments were carried out on<br />

the syntheses of yttrium citrate, erbium citrate <strong>and</strong> rhenium heptasulphide. The<br />

products obtained were analysed using various methods: X ray diffraction (XRD)<br />

to determine the crystal structure of the compound; CHN analysis to determine<br />

the elemental composition; <strong>and</strong> infrared (IR) spectroscopy to identify the main<br />

species <strong>and</strong> grain size distribution using a Zetasizer Nano instrument (Malvern<br />

Instruments Ltd).<br />

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