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BETA RADIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beta radiation mean?
• BETA RADIATION (noun)
The noun BETA RADIATION has 1 sense:
1. radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
Familiarity information: BETA RADIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
beta radiation; beta ray; electron radiation
Hypernyms ("beta radiation" is a kind of...):
ionizing radiation (high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes)
corpuscular radiation; particulate radiation (a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons))
Context examples
Lutetium Lu 177-capromab binds to human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expressed on tumor cell surfaces via its capromab moiety and, upon internalization, delivers cytotoxic beta radiation directly to PSMA-expressing tumor cells.
(Lutetium Lu-177 Capromab, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon binding and internalization, this radioconjugate specifically delivers a cytotoxic dose of beta radiation to SSTR-positive cells.
(Lutetium Lu 177-DOTA-TATE, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon internalization, the radioisotope moiety delivers a cytotoxic dose of beta radiation to CD37-expressing tumor cells.
(Lutetium Lu 177 DOTA-Tetulomab, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, the radioactive copper moiety of this agent may deliver a selective cytotoxic dose of beta radiation to hypoxic tumor cells.
(copper Cu 64-ATSM, NCI Thesaurus)
The benzamide moiety of 131-I-MIP-1145 binds to melanin, selectively delivering a cyotoxic dose of gamma and beta radiation to melanin-expressing tumor cells.
(Ioflubenzamide I-131, NCI Thesaurus)
The antibody moiety of lutetium Lu-177-DOTA-chimeric monoclonal antibody cG250 binds to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells expressing the RCC-associated antigen G250; a cytotoxic dose of beta radiation is selectively delivered to G250-expressing RCC cells upon internalization of the radioimmunoconjugate.
(Lutetium Lu-177 Girentuximab, NCI Thesaurus)
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