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Breast Cancer
Permanent breast seed implant with palladium-103 seeds provides safe dose
June 30th, 2005
A permanent breast seed implant (PBSI) with 103Pd seeds appears to have a safely low dose level. According to recent research from Canada, a PBSI technique was "developed as a new form of partial adjuvant radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer." In their study, B. Keller and coauthors at the Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Centre in Toronto compared "iodine-125 (125I) and palladium-103 (103Pd) isotopes by examining the exposure and effective dose (ED) to a patient's partner." "A low-energy survey meter was used to measure exposure rates as a function of bolus thickness placed over...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-30)
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