Colloid labelled with radionuclide and method

Patent · Mon Nov 12 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7162804

Atcher, R W; Hines, J J

A ferric hydroxide colloid having an alpha-emitting radionuclide essentially on the outer surfaces and a method of forming same. The method includes oxidizing a ferrous hydroxide to ferric hydroxide in the presence of a preselected radionuclide to form a colloid having the radionuclide on the outer surface thereof, and thereafter washing the colloid, and suspending the washed colloid in a suitable solution. The labelled colloid is useful in cancer therapy and for the treatment of inflamed joints. No Drawings

• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4970062
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-358732
• OSTI ID: 7162804
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
DISEASES
DRUGS
INFLAMMATION
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
RADIOTHERAPY
SYMPTOMS
SYNTHESIS
THERAPEUTIC USES
THERAPY
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