Title:The Impact of Radiolabeled Nanomaterials
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Author(s): Martha Sahylí Ortega Pijeira, Natália Cristina Gomes da Silva, Luciana Magalhaes Rebelo Alencar, Eduardo Ricci-Junior and Ralph Santos-Oliveira*
Affiliation:
- Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Nuclear Engineering Institute, Laboratory of Nanoradiopharmacy and Synthesis
of New Radiopharmaceuticals, Rio de Janeiro, 21941906, RJ, Brazil
- Laboratory of Nanoradiopharmaceuticals,
Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, 23070200, RJ, Brazil
Keywords:
Nanotechnology, theranostic, computed tomography, therapeutic agents, sentinel lymph, nano-radiopharmaceuticals.
Abstract: Nanotechnology has changed the world, with a great impact on industry and
medicine. In this commentary, we discuss the importance of radiolabeled nanomaterials for
the construction of theranostic, imaging and therapeutic agents in order to pave the future of
medicine.