Strontium chloride Sr 89

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008345",
  "term": "Strontium chloride Sr 89",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A salt form of the radioactive metal strontium-89 that is absorbed by a part of growing bone. It is being studied in the treatment of bone pain caused by cancer that has spread to the bone. Strontium Sr 89 is the active ingredient of strontium chloride Sr 89.",
    "The chloride salt of a radioactive isotope of strontium. Strontium chloride Sr 89 is taken up and incorporated preferentially in metastatic lesions in bone where it emits cytotoxic beta radiation, resulting in an inhibition and/or reduction of tumor growth and so tumor-related bone pain."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "Sr89",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/strontium-chloride-sr-89/"
}