Towards Radionuclide Cancer Therapy /Production of High Purity 177Lu from 176Yb — JPS Hot Topics
Towards Radionuclide Cancer Therapy /Production of High Purity 177Lu from 176Yb — JPS Hot Topics
Research professor Yasuki NAGAI, professor Masatoshi ITOH (Division of Accelerator), and their colleagues published a paper in Apr. 2022 to JPSJ (Journal of the Physical Society of Japan), and the paper was selected as a Editors’ choice. In addition, it was introduced in JPS Hot Topics on Jun. 3rd, 2022.
This research result provides necessary information for the cancer therapy with 177Lu in a near future.
Published paper: Estimated Isotopic Compositions of Yb in Enriched 176Yb for Producing 177Lu with High Radionuclide Purity by 176Yb(d,x)177Lu, Y. Nagai et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 91, 044202 (2022).
JPS Hot Topics web page: Towards Radionuclide Cancer Therapy with High Purity 177Lu from Enriched 176Yb Samples, JPS Hot Topics 2, 018.