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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014 Sep 30;11(11):637–648. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.159

Table 2.

Radionucleotide immunoconjugates

Agent Diseases treated Radionucleotide Linker Antibody type Developmental stage
Ibritumomab
tiuxetan88,89
Relapsed/refractory
B-cell non-Hodgkin
lymphoma
Yttrium-90
or
Indium-111
Not cleaved Mouse monoclonal
IgG1 targeting CD20
FDA approved in 2002

Iodine
tositumomab92,93
Follicular lymphoma Iodine-131 Not
cleaved
Mouse monoclonal
IgG2 targeting CD20
FDA approved in 2003
Discontinued by
manufacturer in 2014

90Y-DOTA-biotin with
NR-LU-10 pretargeting
antibody100
Colorectal cancer Yttrium-90 NA Mouse monoclonal IgG2
targeting Ep-CAM (expressed
by epithelial tumours)
Proof of concept,
proved too toxic and
ineffective

Targeted
α-therapy99,100
NA α-Particle NA NA In preclinical
development

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.