Radiopharmaceuticals For Palliation Of Bone Pain

Course overview

This tutorial covers Radiopharmaceuticals for Palliation of Bone Pain and gives an overview of its role in Nuclear Medicine. After completing the review of this tutorial, one should be able to 1.List the four therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals available for palliation of pain from bony metastases and give their typical administered doses and the mode of decay and half-life of each of the radiopharmaceuticals 2.Discuss the demographics of breast and prostate cancer and the expected clinical outcomes following administration of each of these drugs 3.List other therapeutic approaches for palliation of pain that do not involve use of radioactivity and the limitations of each 4.List at least three eligibility criteria for undergoing this type of radionuclide therapy 5.Compare the whole body and bone marrow internal radiation doses for each of the four available radiopharmaceuticals.