Radiation Oncology/Radiopharmaceuticals

• 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