Cobalt 60 Mode of decay: Beta particles and gamma radiation Chemical properties: Metallic solid that can become magnetically charged What is it used for? Co-60 is used medically for radiation therapy as implants and as an external source of radiation exposure. It is used industrially in leveling gauges and to x-ray welding seams and other structural elements to detect flaws. Co-60 also is used for food irradiation (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/ foodirradiation.htm)‚ a sterilization
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abnormal cells. A. Normal cells usually grow and divide to replace old or dead cells. B. Cancer cells continue to grow and divide. 1. Cancer cells accumulate in one place. 2.The accumulated cells from tumors. 3.Tumors destroy body cells C. 2 types of tumors 1. Malignant 2. Benign D. Cancers are classified according to the body part in which it originates. II. Second Main Point: A person can take different measures
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request after thoughtful consideration and I hope to persuade you of the value of my request. Let me share my reasons with you. A six year-old with Wilms tumor‚ sad isn’t it? Her name’s Camryn‚ she was found to be suffering from Wilms tumor‚ a cancer of the kidneys. Her right kidney had several tumors and her left kidney had one large tumor. No child such young of age should suffer through so much pain. She didn’t ask for it‚ these kinds of problems just happen. Yet‚ with every situation there’s
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linked to causing tumors‚ can affect your eye health‚ and they also hold a lot of bacteria. Cell phones have more serious risks than they do benefits. Therefore it is better to limit how much you use your cell phone. It has been scientifically proven that you can actually get a tumor from the use of cell phones. These tumors even have the potential to be cancerous. It is proven that cell phones emit radiation into everything they touch‚ therefore cell phones can cause tumors and cancer. According
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is in all the cells‚ including the retinas of the eyes. This is known as a germline mutation. Children born with a mutation in the RB1 gene usually develop retinoblastoma in both eyes‚ known as bilateral retinoblastoma‚ and there are often several tumors within an eye‚ known as multifocal retinoblastoma. Each cell normally has two RB1 genes‚ and as long as a retinal cell has at least one RB1 gene that works as it should‚ it will not form a retinoblastoma. But when both of the RB1 genes are mutated
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Approach to Care Pathology and Nursing Management of Clients Health NRS - 410V Approach to Care of Cancer Cancer is a term used for diseases in which irregular cells divide without any control and have the capability to penetrate and infect normal body tissue through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the United States‚ exceeded barely by heart disease. According to the CDC Cancer Statistics and Data‚ there were more than 1.45 million people
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no fancy language nor rhetoric that can do justice to what I have learned from the subject of this essay–Ms. Boals. Victoria Boals was diagnosed with an inoperable DIPG brain tumor in September of 2013. The uniquely‚ yet terminally placed tumor was situated on Victoria’s brain stem‚ concluding to her surgeons that the tumor was immobile. The medical establishment gave her a death sentence–the surgeons did not know Victoria Boals. There is no
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this classification are based upon the look of the tumor‚ the cells themselves (“lung Cancer”). These two types of cancers grow and spread in different ways and may have different treatment options‚ so a distinction between these two types is important (Genndes). SCLC makes up about 20% of lung cancers and is the most aggressive and rapidly growing of all lung cancers (“Lung Cancer”). SCLC is related to cigarette smoking‚ with only 1% of these tumors occurring in nonsmokers. SCLC metastasize rapidly
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that can affect a person’s health for a life time. Cancer is a genetic disorder‚ that can be diagnosed at a young age or it can unexpectedly show up in a person health. Cancer grows by the uncontrollable division of abnormal cells that result in a tumor shape.
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dose of radiotherapy is given‚ whereas for over a different time. High dose rate treatment is given for a short period of time‚ whereas low dose are given for longer period of time. Small radioactive seeds of Iodine-125 could be inserted where the tumor is located and they are left inside to release their radioactivity slowly. This process sometimes is known as low-dose rate treatment. The seeds are not removed from the patient and eventually fades away for the time of six months. All of the radioactivity
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