Tony Theobald (ed): Sampson’s textbook of radiopharmacy (4th edition)

Excerpt

The word “radiopharmacy” was introduced for the first time during the 1960s, as an alternative to “radiochemistry”, to underline the specific pharmaceutical aspects intrinsic to the preparation of radiolabelled compounds to be used in patients to image physiological/pathological targets in vivo. Many years had to pass before the first, dedicated, comprehensive radiopharmacy/radiochemistry textbooks appeared. For instance, the first edition of Sampson’s Textbook of Radiopharmacy was first released in 1990. There are more available resources and books addressed to e.g. basic radiochemistry or even more specific topics such as ¹⁸F or ^99mTc radiochemistry to date. However, to our knowledge, there are very few examples of real textbooks covering practically all the possible basic aspects underlying the field of radiopharmacy. Sampson’s Textbook of Radiopharmacy has now arrived in its fourth edition, which has been revised in order to cover and update new developments both in science and daily practice in radiopharmacy. The book is supported by the UK Radiopharmacy Group. Besides many British authors, numerous contributions from experts worldwide are included. Regulatory aspects of the USA, the UK and Europe are dealt with. …