Technetium

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The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of URANIUM. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, and atomic number 43. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m=metastable) which is the decay product of Molybdenum 99, has a half-life of about 6 hours and is used diagnostically as a radioactive imaging agent. Technetium 99 which is a decay product of technetium 99m, has a half-life of 210,000 years.

Descriptor ID	D013667
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.271.870 D01.268.556.843 D01.268.956.875 D01.496.749.305.870 D01.552.544.843
Concept/Terms	Technetium Technetium Technetium 99m Technetium 99m 99m, Technetium

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Elements, Radioactive [D01.268.271]
Technetium [D01.268.271.870]
Metals, Heavy [D01.268.556]
Technetium [D01.268.556.843]
Transition Elements [D01.268.956]
Technetium [D01.268.956.875]
Isotopes [D01.496]
Radioisotopes [D01.496.749]
Elements, Radioactive [D01.496.749.305]
Technetium [D01.496.749.305.870]
Metals [D01.552]
Metals, Heavy [D01.552.544]
Technetium [D01.552.544.843]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	2	4
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1

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Santikari VP, Witmer M, Murdoch LC, Kaplan DI, Powell BA. Leaching and transport of technetium from reducing cementitious waste forms in field lysimeters. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Oct 01; 841:156596.

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Nunes SS, Fernandes RS, Cavalcante CH, da Costa César I, Leite EA, Lopes SCA, Ferretti A, Rubello D, Townsend DM, de Oliveira MC, Cardoso VN, de Barros ALB. Influence of PEG coating on the biodistribution and tumor accumulation of pH-sensitive liposomes. Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2019 02; 9(1):123-130.

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Montgomery DA, Edayilam N, Tharayil N, Powell BA, Martinez NE. The Uptake and Translocation of 99Tc, 133Cs, 237Np, and 238U Into Andropogon Virginicus With Consideration of Plant Life Stage. Health Phys. 2018 11; 115(5):550-560.

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Monteiro LOF, Fernandes RS, Oda CMR, Lopes SC, Townsend DM, Cardoso VN, Oliveira MC, Leite EA, Rubello D, de Barros ALB. Paclitaxel-loaded folate-coated long circulating and pH-sensitive liposomes as a potential drug delivery system: A biodistribution study. Biomed Pharmacother. 2018 Jan; 97:489-495.

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Booth TN, Iyer RS, Falcone RA, Hayes LL, Jones JY, Kadom N, Kulkarni AV, Myseros JS, Partap S, Reitman C, Robertson RL, Ryan ME, Saigal G, Soares BP, Tekes-Brady A, Trout AT, Zumberge NA, Coley BD, Palasis S. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Back Pain-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May; 14(5S):S13-S24.

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Monteiro LOF, Fernandes RS, Castro LC, Cardoso VN, Oliveira MC, Townsend DM, Ferretti A, Rubello D, Leite EA, de Barros ALB. Technetium-99m radiolabeled paclitaxel as an imaging probe for breast cancer in vivo. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 May; 89:146-151.

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Dogan M, Moysey SM, Ramakers RM, DeVol TA, Beekman FJ, Groen HC, Powell BA. High-Resolution 4D Preclinical Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging of Technetium Transport within a Heterogeneous Porous Media. Environ Sci Technol. 2017 03 07; 51(5):2864-2870.

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Duraiswamy S, Schmulewitz N, Rockey DC. The role of 99m Tc-RBC scintigraphy in lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. J Investig Med. 2016 Apr; 64(4):854-60.

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Meena AH, Kaplan DI, Powell BA, Arai Y. Chemical stabilization of chromate in blast furnace slag mixed cementitious materials. Chemosphere. 2015 Nov; 138:247-52.

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Aziz SA, Singer MC, Terris DJ, Rizvi AA. Visual vignette. Endocr Pract. 2012 Nov-Dec; 18(6):1039.

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