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Why beta radiation can be use treating skin cancer but not inside the body?
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Explain why beta radiation can be used in treating skin cancer but not cancer inside the body?
Beta radiation isn't used for cancer inside the body because it doesn't have the penetrative ability of Gamma radiation. Gamma cannot be used for skin cancer because it would kill too many healthy cells.
Beta radiation can treat skin cancer not cancers inside the body?
Beta particles are not as penetrative as gama rays and can be stopped by the skin. Another reason is because of the high risk and danger involve if one is to expose the internal body to the beta radiation. This is due to the high ionizing effect of beta radiation that can easily mutate a DNA strand making it difficult to control it for uses in the body.
What are the hazards of beta radiation?
Too much Beta rays can damage skin and eyes.It also cause Cancer.
How do scientist use isotopes in treating cancer?
Radiations (alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons) emitted by radioisotopes can destroy cancer cells.
How does radium cures cancer?
beta particles can cure skin cancer but not inside the body
Radiation consisting of a single electron?
beta radiation!
Which form of radiation is the same as an electron?
Beta minus radiation is a stream of electrons.
What are the medical uses of alpha radiation and beta radiation?
Gamma Radiation can be used in several ways in the medical industry and there have been many significant advances in this area. They can be used for curing cancers and other illnesses. They are used in a beam and aimed at the cancerous cells in the body. They kill the cells, but often, the gamma radiation will kill living cells, leading to permanent damage and could even prove fatal. Tiny beta capsules can be used to treat cancer. The capsules are injected around the cancer and the beta radiation kills the cancer cells. Radiation is particularly damaging to cells that are in the process of dividing. Cancer cells divide much more often than healthy cells. This means cancer cells tend to be killed while most of the healthy cells are unharmed.
Is Alpha Beta or gamma made from electrons?
Beta radiation is made from electrons (or positrons for inverse beta radiation). Alpha radiation is a helium nucleus, and gamma radiation is a high energy electromagnetic ray.
Does beta radiation have a helium nuleus?
A stream of helium nuclei is alpha radiation. Beta radiation is a stream of electrons.
What are the health consequences of radioactive fallout particles?
Depends on exposure:nothingmild beta burnsdeep beta burnsradiation sicknessradiation "tan"death
Why is alpha radiation more dangerous than beta rediation when the source of the radiation is inside the body?
Alpha radiation cannot get pass through our body as it cannot penetrate through things. Beta can penetrate through things better than alpha. So if alpha is inside our body then it cannot get outside our body and therefore it becomes dangerous.
