There is an ongoing profound shift in using glass as a primarily passive material to one that
instills active properties. We believe and demonstrate that bioactive glasses (BGs) and glass …

The fight against cancer is an old challenge for mankind. Apart from surgery and
chemotherapy, which are the most common treatments, use of radiation represents a …

Bioactive glasses containing rare earth elements have been proposed as promising
candidates for applications in brachytherapy of bone cancer. However, their safety relies on …

The main goal of the coordinated project development of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals
of Y-90 and Re-188 is to exploit advancements in radionuclide production technology. Here …

Background The inclusive symptom of breast cancer is a new mass or lump. Breast tumors
may be a participation of dissimilar types or combination of invasive and in situ cancer. The …

Rare earth-containing bioactive glasses are promising materials for biomedical applications
like brachytherapy, luminescence-based imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, among …

Targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) and beta-emitting seeds brachytherapy (BSBT) exploit
the characteristics of energy deposited by beta-emitting radionuclides. Monte Carlo (MC) …

Background Spectroscopy is the study of the absorption and emission of light or other
radiation by material. It is used to measure intensity of radiation by a function of wavelength …

Directly, it is not possible to measure the absorbed dose of radiopharmaceuticals in the
organs of the human body. Therefore, simulation methods are utilized to estimate the dose …

Rare earth‐containing bioactive glasses (RE‐BGs) have been poorly explored in the
biomaterials field, although RE has optical, nuclear, and magnetic properties that could be …