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How does radioimmunotherapy work?
To carry out radioimmunotherapy, antibodies with the ability to bind specifically to a patient's cancer cells are attached to radioactive material and injected into the patient's bloodstream
What is alpha radiation used for other than smoke detectors?
Alpha radiation is also used in the medical field for radioimmunotherapy to treat certain types of cancer. It is also used in industrial applications such as thickness gauges for measuring coatings on materials.
Does chemo use radioactive isotope?
Chemotherapy does not typically use radioactive isotopes; it primarily involves the use of chemical agents to kill cancer cells or inhibit their growth. However, a related treatment called radiotherapy does use radioactive isotopes to target and destroy cancer cells. Some treatments, known as radioimmunotherapy, combine chemotherapy with radioactive materials, but these are distinct from standard chemotherapy.
Uses of radioisotopes in the field of medicines?
ok, so i learned this in sceptpretiology a few years back... maybe it was a few weeks ago so what. When Chemical prestiolgits put radoactive tracing in medicine it causes a chemcial reaction, very similar to Diet Coke and Mentos, but on a very smaller scale. Some medicines that they use it in is headache pills such as advil. And get this. they use it in some erectial disfuntction medcine such as Viagra ;) But its mainly uses is in pain killers.
