Current strategies of radiopharmaceuticals in theranostic applications

Conventional chemotherapy treatment for cancer tends to show severe systemic toxicities like hair loss (alopecia), anemia, diarrhea, edema and loss of appetite. Radiopharmaceuticals emerge in the management and treatment of cancer since last two decades due to their ability of emitting radiations which aids in visualizing tissues or infected cells accurately in human body with minimal toxicity. Currently, many radionuclides are identified or...