Radioligand therapy is an innovative approach to treating certain types of cancer. It delivers radiation to cancer cells in a targeted and precise way, with a minimal effect on healthy cells.
The Radionuclide Therapy service at Singleton Hospital offers therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals to treat a number of different clinical conditions, including:
These radiopharmaceuticals target the area for treatment and utilise alpha or beta radiation for a localised treatment distribution. The most common example of radionuclide therapy is oral radioactive iodine therapy for benign and malignant thyroid conditions.