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gallium-67

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gallium-67
n.
A gamma-ray emitting nuclide having a half-life of 78 hours, used in its citrate form as a tumor- and inflammation-localizing radiotracer.

gallium
a chemical element, atomic number 31, atomic weight 69.72, symbol Ga. See Table 6.

gallium-67
a radioisotope of gallium having a half-life of 78.1 hours; used in the imaging of soft tissue tumors.
gallium nitrate
used in the treatment of hypercalcemia.
gallium scan
a nuclear medicine procedure using the radioisotope gallium-67 in the form of gallium citrate. Gallium has a high affinity for certain tumors and also for non-neoplastic lesions, such as abscesses. Gallium scans are particularly useful in the staging of lymphomas, and in localizing occult abscesses.


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Also, during the quarter, our radiochemical facility began to supply and sell Indium-111 chloride in addition to Gallium-67 chloride.
The study, published in the December 2003 issue of the journal Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment (TCRT), is entitled, "DYNAMIC INFRARED IMAGE OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA COMPARED WITH GALLIUM-67 AND FLUORINE-18 FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE (FDG) POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET).
 
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