After the landmark, IAEA trial confirming the potential of intra-arterially used Re 188 Lipoidol for the treatment of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it was surprising to note that none of the participating centers took this work forward. To a nonnuclear physician or scientist, it would seem baffling, but we in NM are well aware of the difficulties in instituting a new radionuclide t...

Objectives: To determine the cancer incidence in Gipuzkoa (Spain) from 1998 to 2002 and describe time trends since 1986. Methods: The annual incidence of cancer in Gipuzkoa from 1998 to 2002 was estimated as a rate per 100,000 inhabitants. Incidence trends for the period 1986-2002 were studied for all cancers and for the main cancer sites using Poisson regression and Joinpoint regression for pr...

PURPOSE The need of prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still controversial. The major restriction of PCND is the potential complications. We undertook a retrospective study to discuss its necessity in PTC patients. METHODS A total of 188 patients with PTC who underwent total thyroidectomy and PCND were involved. In all of these, c...

We present techniques for obtaining precision astrometry using old photographic plates from assorted large-aperture reflectors in combination with recent CCD Mosaic Imager frames. At the core of this approach is a transformation of plate/CCD coordinates into a previously constructed astrometric reference frame around the open cluster NGC 188. This allows us to calibrate independently the Optica...

INTRODUCTION New (188)Re and (99m)Tc peptide conjugates with substance- P (SP) were prepared and biologically evaluated. The radiopharmaceuticals have been labelled with the [M≡N](2+) (M=(99m)Tc, (188)Re) core using a combination of π-donor tridentate and π-acceptor monodentate ancillary ligands. METHODS The new radiopharmaceuticals have been prepared through a two-step reaction by simultaneo...

9 We analyze the joint evolution of an ecological character and of dispersal distance in asex10 ual and sexual populations inhabiting an environmental gradient. Several interesting 11 phenomena resulting from the evolutionary interplay of these characters are revealed. First, 12 asexual and sexual populations exhibit two analogous evolutionary regimes, in which either 13 speciation in the ecolo...

Goal. To experimentally determine the possibility of obtaining normatively pure gooseberry berry products on drained radioactively contaminated soils Polissia. Methods. Lysimetric — to conduct a stationary experiment, laboratory – indicators radiological contamination. Results. Long-term studies during 2016–2020 in lysimetric experiment had proved that plants high radioactive background (8 Ki/k...