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Guidelines on Radioisotope Treatment of Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer

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Radium-223 (Ra-223), strontium-89 (Sr-89), and samarium-153 (Sm-153) are radiopharmaceuticals approved in the United States and elsewhere for the treatment of painful skeletal metastases in select populations (Tables 30.1 and 30.2). The primary aim of this chapter is to provide a cohesive educational review of practice recommendations for these agents using guidelines from professional societies, prescribing information, and published observations.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Robert Murphy

  2. Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV – IRCCS, Padua, Italy

    Laura Evangelista

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Gavazzeni Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

    Emilio Bombardieri

  2. Nuclear Medicine Therapy and Endocrinology, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

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  3. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padova, Italy

    Laura Evangelista

  4. Nuclear Medicine Division, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    Carlo Chiesa

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    Arturo Chiti

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Murphy, R., Evangelista, L. (2018). Guidelines on Radioisotope Treatment of Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer. In: Bombardieri, E., Seregni, E., Evangelista, L., Chiesa, C., Chiti, A. (eds) Clinical Applications of Nuclear Medicine Targeted Therapy . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63067-0_30

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