Radioisotope therapy

Radioisotope therapy uses radioactive medicines to treat some types of cancer. It is also known as radionuclide therapy. There are different types of radioisotopes. The one you have depends on your type of cancer.

PRRT is a type of radioisotope therapy for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). It is also called radioligand therapy. It uses a radioactive substance. This is attached to a man made form of a hormone called somatostatin.

131 I-MIBG is a type of radioisotope therapy. It uses radioactive iodine attached to a substance called MIBG to kill the neuroendocrine tumour (NET) cells.

Radioactive iodine therapy is a type of treatment for thyroid cancer. Read about how it works and radiation safety. 

Radium 223 is a type of internal radiotherapy. You might have it for cancer that began in the prostate and has spread to the bones.