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. 2024 Sep 30;14(16):6281–6300. doi: 10.7150/thno.99782

Table 3.

Physical and chemical properties of most frequently used therapeutic radionuclides for targeted radionuclide therapy of ovarian cancer.

electron-emitters α-emitters
Radionuclide 177Lu 161Tb 225Ac 211At 212Pb
(and daughters) (221Fr/ 217At/ 213Bi) (211Po/ 207Bi) (212Bi/ 212Po/ 208TI)
Tp (d) 6.64 6.95 9.92 0.3 0.44
Decay mode (%) β- (100) β- (100) α (100) ε (58.2) & α (41.8) β- (100)
(and daughters) α (100)/ α (99.99)/ α (100)/ ε (100) β- (64.06) & α (35.94) / α (64.05)
β- (97.8) & α (2.2) β- (35.94)
Principal Eβ/α, keV (%) 148.8 (79.4) 157.4 (65) 225Ac: 5830 (50.7) 211At: IC: 78.5 (47) & AE: 8.5 (105) 212Pb: 93.28 (81.5) & IC: 148.1 (31.0)
AE: 6.2 (8.6) AE: 5.2 (87.9) 221Fr: 6341.0 (83.3) 211Po: 7450 (98.9) 212Bi: 6340 (35) & 6300 (26)
IC: 101.7 (6.8) IC: 39.9 (42.4) & 16.6 (41) 217At: 7066.9 (99.9) 212Po: 10180 (42)
213Bi: 491.8 (66.8) 208TI: 649.5 (49.1) & 441.5 (24.2)
Principal Eγ/XR, keV (%) 208 (11) 25.6 (23.2) 221Fr: 218.0 (11.4) 211At: 81.5 (29) & 78.9 (18) 212Pb: 238.6 (43.6) & 77.1 (16.4)
113 (6.6) 48.9 (17.7) 213Bi: 440.5 (25.9) 208TI: 583.2 (85.0) & 510.8 (22.6)
74.6 (10.3)
Principle particle range in tissue (µm) 280 (β-) 301 (β-), 13 (IC), 0.1 (AE) 225Ac: 47 (α) 60 (α) 212Po: 50.1 (α)
213Bi/213Po: 85 (α) 212Bi: 91.0 (α)
Oxidation state 3+ 3+ 3+ 1-/ 1+ * 2+
Conventional chelator(s) DOTA/CHX-A"-DTPA DOTA/DOTAGA DOTA/Macropa NA; astatoaryl compounds DOTA/TCMC
Theranostic pair 111In/ 68Ga/ 89Zr/ 64Cu 152Tb/ 155Tb 111In/ 68Ga/ 226Ac/ 132La/ 133La 209At/ 131I/ 124I 203Pb

Data was extracted from the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF) database, 165-171.

AE: Auger electron; IC: internal conversion electron; NA: not applicable; Tp: physical half-life; XR: X-ray; * most common.