The way radioisotopes are useful in treating cancer is due to   being easy to detect   killing actively growing cancer cells   only affecting cancer and not healthy cells   being able to react chemically with tumors

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A: Radiation therapy is an effective treatment for certain types of cancer.

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Q: List some Radionuclides used as Radiotracers?

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Q: The following statements about properties of radioisotopes which are used in medicine, b and e is…

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Q: Which statement accurately summarizes why radiocarbon dating could be used for some samples but not…

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Q: Describe the use of ionizing radiation incancer therapy

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Q: Describe the relative penetrating powers of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.

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Q: Tc-99m is commonly used in nuclear medicine.  It has a half-life of 6 hours.  The radioactivity dose…

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Q: Precisely describe how a stable atom can be made to become a radioactive.

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Q: List five uses of man made radioisotopes.

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Q: Iodine-131 (half-life = 8.02 days) tracer with 214 counts per minute was added to water as iodide…

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Q: Technetium‑99m, an important radionuclide in medicine, has a half‑life of 6.0 hours. What percentage…

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