Wednesday, October 12, 2011

How has nuclear technology aided the treatment of cancer

How has nuclear technology aided the treatment of cancer?
I am doing an essay on this topic. Are there anyone out there who knows quite a bit of this stuff who could help me?
Cancer - 2 Answers
 


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Nuclear technology is used extensively in the diagnosing and treatment of many different kinds of cancers. Diagnosing can involve x-rays, CAT scans, PET scans, MRIs, or injection of radioactive tracer chemicals that bind to tumors to highlight them during external scans. Treatment of cancers can involve exposing the tumor to high doses of radiation using either external sources of radiation or temporarily implanted radioactive "seeds". Experimental techniques have even been done where a diseased liver was removed, exposed to huge amounts of neutron radiation and then re-implanted back into the patient.
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check out this research group someone on the message board will know http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/




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