A Critical Review of Alpha Radionuclide Therapy—How to Deal with Recoiling Daughters?

This review presents an overview of the successes and challenges currently faced in alpha radionuclide therapy. Alpha particles have an advantage in killing tumour cells as compared to beta or gamma radiation due to their short penetration depth and high linear energy transfer (LET). Touching briefl...

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Main Authors: Robin M. de Kruijff, Hubert T. Wolterbeek, Antonia G. Denkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/8/2/321