Medical Applications Using Radioactivity

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Applications of nuclear physics have become an integral part of modern life. From the bone scan that detects one cancer to the radioiodine treatment that cures another, nuclear radiation has diagnostic and therapeutic effects on medicine. Medical Imaging. A host of …

Backgrounder on Medical Use of Radioactive Materials

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For therapy, radioactive materials are used to kill cancerous tissue, shrink a tumor or reduce pain. There are three main types of therapy in nuclear medicine. …

Radiation in Healthcare: Nuclear Medicine

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Radioimmunotherapy in which a radioactive element like iodine-133 90 is tagged to an antibody that targets a specific cancerous cell. Thyroid Ablation that uses sodium iodide which contains iodide-131. …

Radioactivity - Applications of radioactivity | Britannica

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Applications of radioactivity In medicine. Radioisotopes have found extensive use in diagnosis and therapy, and this has given rise to a rapidly growing field called nuclear …