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What is it called when radioactive materials are implanted into the tissues to be treated?
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∙ 11y ago
The most general term is "radiotherapy", or "radiation therapy", but that term would also include external sources of radiation being used to irradiate the target tissue. When radioactive sources are implanted to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation, the term "brachytherapy" is used.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoteletherapy
Incorrect. Teletherapy is x-ray therapy administered at a distance from the body (TELE- means distant and -THERAPY means treatment).
The right answer is brachytherapy
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∙ 9y agoBrachytherapy is the use of radioactive materials that are planted into the tissues of the body. Brachytherapy is used in the treatment of cancer.
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∙ 15y agobrachytherapy
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∙ 13y agoBrachytheraphy
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Radioactive materials are implanted into the tissues to be treated?
Brschytherapy
What form of therapy involves the used of radioactive materials implanted into the tissues to be treated?
Brachytheraphy
What radioactive materials are implanted into tissues to be treated?
All radioactive materials can enter your body one way or another. For example, urainium decays exteamly slowly, having a half life of some four billion years. Therefore it's radiation is very weak and cannot penetrate human flesh, however, it can still be inhaled.Potassium40 is possibly the most common radioactive material that enters your body- it is well coupled to ordinary potassium, and apparently does no great harm. C14 would be another one.these are known as cosmogenic nuclides, because they are made radioactive by hard radiation from space. (Q does K40 belong to the group?)
What does hyperthyroid disorders treated with radioactive iodine cause?
Basically, radioactive iodine is used to kill cancer cells, and thyroid tissue.
Is europium radioactive?
Europium is radioactive, though for most practical purposes it can be treated as stable. 52.2% of europium is stable. 47.8%, is radioactive 151Eu, but the half life of this is long, at 5,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. Like all other elements, europium has radioactive synthetic isotopes.
A what treatment is the oral administration of radioactive iodine to destroy thyroid cells?
Addison's disease is treated using the oral administration of radioactive iodine to destroy thyroid cells.
What happens if a healthy person is exposed when spouse is treated with Radioactive Iodine for thyroid cancer?
The healthy spouse may suffer symptoms of and need to be treated for hypOthyroidism.
What are Kleenexes made of?
Viva tissues, like most other paper products, are made from wood pulp. Tissues are specially treated to make them softer on the skin.
What are viva made of?
Viva tissues, like most other paper products, are made from wood pulp. Tissues are specially treated to make them softer on the skin.
What are kleenex viva made of?
Viva tissues, like most other paper products, are made from wood pulp. Tissues are specially treated to make them softer on the skin.
Why did George HW Bush have to keep away from his family for several days?
He was being treated with radioactive iodine for Graves' disease.
Is it dangerous to be around radiation patients?
When sick people are treated with radiation, that does not make them radioactive. Radiation is dangerous, but radiation patients are not.
