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Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2010 Feb;17(1):69–76. doi: 10.1097/MED.0b013e32833392ac

Table 2.

Metal-based radionuclides (α and β) for peptide receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy

Radionuclide Production/availability Decay Eβ/Eα(MeV)
Y-90 90Sr/90Y Generator β β, 2.27
Rh-105 Reactor β and γ β, 0.566, 0.248; γ, 0.3192
Pm-149 Reactor β and γ β, 1.072; γ, 0.286
Sm-153 Reactor β and γ β, 0.69, 0.64; γ, 0.1032, 0.0697
Ho-166 Reactor β and γ β, 1.855, 1.773; γ, 0.0806, 1.3794
Lu-177 Reactor β and γ β, 0.497; γ, 0.2084, 0.1129
Re-188 188W/188Re Generator β and γ β, 2.118, 1.962; γ, 0.155
Re-186 Reactor β and γ β, 1.071, 0.933; γ, 0.1372
At-211 Accelerator EC, α, and γ γ, 0.687, 0.6696; α, 5.868
Pb-212 224Ra/212Pb Generator β and γ β, 0.569, 0.335; γ, 0.3000, 0.2386
Bi-212 224Ra/212Bi Generator β, γ, and α β, 2.251; γ, 0.7273; α, 6.051
Bi-213 225Ac/213Bi Generator β, γ, and α β, 1.42, 1.02; γ, 0.4405, 0.3237; α, 5.87, 5.55