Transarterial Radioembolization (TARE) Agents beyond ⁹⁰Y-Microspheres

Table 1

Radionuclides used for TARE.

Radionuclide	t1/2 (days)	(MeV) ()	(keV) ()	Tissue penetration range (mm)	Production method
^32P	14.3	1.71 (100)	/	7.9	Nuclear reactor
^90Y	2.7	2.284 (100)	/	12	^90Sr/^90Y generator
					Nuclear reactor for microspheres labelling
^131I	8	0.81 (90)	0.364 (81)	2	Nuclear reactor
^166Ho	1.1	1.84 (50.5)	81 (6.4)	8.7	Nuclear reactor
^177Lu	6.7	0.497 (79)	113 (6.4)	2.2	Nuclear ractor
			208 (11)
^186Re	3.8	1.07 (72)	137 (9)	4.5	Nuclear reactor
^188Re	0.7	2.118 (72)	155 (15)	11	^188W/^188Re generator
					Nuclear reactor

Note: t_1/2 (days), radioisotope half-life in days; (MeV) (%), maximum particle energy and respective decay abundance shown in parentheses; (KeV) (%), gamma ray energy useful for imaging and respective abundance in total energy emission shown in parentheses; tissue penetration range (mm), maximum tissue penetration shown in millimeters.