Treatment for cancer
Radioisotope therapy uses radioactive medicines to treat some types of cancer. It is also known as radionuclide therapy. You have the radioisotope as a drink, capsule or injection.
You may need to follow some safety procedures when you have treatment with radioisotopes. This is to help protect others from being exposed to the radiation.
There are different types of radioisotopes. Each type may treat a different type of cancer. You can read about these below.
Radioisotope therapy uses radioactive medicines to treat some types of cancer. It is also known as radionuclide therapy. There are different types of radioisotopes. The one you have depends on your type of cancer.
PRRT is a type of radioisotope therapy for NETs. It is also called radioligand therapy. It uses a radioactive substance. This is attached to a man made form of a hormone called somatostatin.
131 I-MIBG is a type of radioisotope therapy. It uses radioactive iodine attached to a substance called MIBG to kill the tumour cells.
Radioactive iodine therapy is a type of treatment for thyroid cancer. Read about how it works and radiation safety.
Radium 223 is a type of radioactive medicine. You might have it for cancer that began in the prostate and has spread to the bones.
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