# Nuclide record ga-68 (isotope). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from Nuclide (nuclide.cc)". Whole corpus: https://nuclide.cc/api/v1/nuclide.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix nuclide: <https://nuclide.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://nuclide.cc/isotopes/ga-68/>
  a schema:ChemicalSubstance ;
  nuclide:kind "isotope" ;
  schema:identifier "ga-68" ;
  schema:name "Gallium-68"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "68Ga"@en ;
  schema:description "A radioactive metal with a one-hour lifetime that is eluted from a shielded generator or made on a cyclotron and attached to a molecule that finds tumours, giving a PET scan the same day."@en ;
  schema:url <https://nuclide.cc/isotopes/ga-68/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-22"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/alternatives-for-accessing-lifesaving-diagnostic-radioisotopes-cyclotron-based-gallium-68-for-cancer-detection>, <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32196363/>, <https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TE-2127web.pdf>, <https://www.appliedradiationoncology.com/articles/nuclear-medicine-prepares-for-greater-68ga-demand> ;
  nuclide:status "established" ;
  nuclide:tag "positron emitter", "generator", "theranostic pair" ;
  nuclide:related <https://nuclide.cc/drugs/ga68-dotatate/>, <https://nuclide.cc/drugs/ga68-psma-11/>, <https://nuclide.cc/drugs/illuccix/>, <https://nuclide.cc/drugs/locametz/>, <https://nuclide.cc/isotopes/ge-68/> ;
  nuclide:technologies <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/sstr-pet/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/psma-pet/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/pet/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/radionuclide-generators-kits/>, <https://nuclide.cc/technologies/cyclotron-isotope-production/> ;
  nuclide:companies <https://nuclide.cc/companies/eckert-ziegler/>, <https://nuclide.cc/companies/ire/>, <https://nuclide.cc/companies/isotopia/>, <https://nuclide.cc/companies/telix/>, <https://nuclide.cc/companies/novartis/> .