"Radiopharmaceuticals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161)
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D019275
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.259.843 D27.505.519.871 D27.720.470.410.650
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiopharmaceuticals" by people in Profiles.
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Image reconstruction and analysis of atherosclerosis imaging by [18F]FDG PETCT using digital PET technology. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2025 Nov; 52(13):5060-5074.
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FDG-PET response and outcome from anti-PD-1 therapy in metastatic melanoma. Ann Oncol. 2018 10 01; 29(10):2115-2120.
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Preclinical Evaluation of a P2X7 Receptor-Selective Radiotracer: PET Studies in a Rat Model with Local Overexpression of the Human P2X7 Receptor and in Nonhuman Primates. J Nucl Med. 2016 09; 57(9):1436-41.
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Use of [(18)F]Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging in the National Lung Screening Trial. Chest. 2016 09; 150(3):621-30.
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Sentinel lymph node surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with node-positive breast cancer: the ACOSOG Z1071 (Alliance) clinical trial. JAMA. 2013 Oct 09; 310(14):1455-61.
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The use and misuse of positron emission tomography in lung cancer evaluation. Clin Chest Med. 2011 Dec; 32(4):749-62.
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Disparities in lung cancer staging with positron emission tomography in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) study. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 May; 6(5):875-83.
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Positron emission tomography 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and prognosis in patients with surgically treated, stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review. J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Dec; 4(12):1473-9.
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Intravenous bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: bone scintigraphy as an early indicator. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Jul; 67(7):1363-72.
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A comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET and CT in the characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules. J Nucl Med. 2008 Feb; 49(2):179-85.