Cisplatin, a chemotherapeutic drug, can be synthesized using radioactive pl
atinum and then used for pharmacokinetic studies and tumor imaging. We have
calculated the absorbed doses to various organs and tissues as well as the
effective doses from Pt-191-, Pt-193m- and Pt-195m-cisplatin after adminis
tration to humans for diagnostic purposes. Liver was the organ that receive
d the highest absorbed dose. The effective dose from Pt-191-, Pt-193m- and
Pt-195m-cisplatin was 0.10 +/- 0.02, 0.17 +/- 0.04 and 0.23 +/- 0.05 mSv/MB
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