which of the following is commonly used to treat nonhodgkins

is the most stable and therefore can be found on the Which of the following isotopes periodic table? a. potassium-37 (ark) (aoK) C (0K) potassium-41 41 3 Which of the following is commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin\'slymphoma? a. 32P b. 9OYb C 103Pa d. 223Ra 4. If a patient received 100 units of radioactive Chromium-51, how much v decomposed in approximately one month? a. 25 units b. 50 units C. 75 units d. All 100 units

Solution

Answer 3b) ⁹⁰Yb

Reason- Ibritumomab tiuxetan (also called as Zevalin) was the first radio-immunotherapeutic agent for treating low-grade NHL, relapsed or refractory follicular NHL or transformed NHL, including rituximab-refractory follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, approved by U.S. FDA in 2002 to the IDEC Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA. it is a monoclonal antibody named as anti-CD20 which is conjugated to a molecule that chelates Yttrium-90 (⁹⁰Yb). since its commercialization in 2002, it is most commonly used radio-immunotherapeutic agent to treat Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Reference- Refer the given link for more details about the drug, treatment process and its mechanism.

http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/101/2/391?sso-checked=true