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| A small, radioactive pellet that is placed in or near a tumor. Cancer cells are killed by the energy given off as the radioactive material breaks down and becomes more stable. |
Previous Definitions: | radioactive, radioactive drug, radioactive fallout, radioactive iodine, radioactive palladium | Next Definitions: | radiofrequency ablation, radioimaging, radioimmunodiagnostics, radioimmunoguided surgery, radioimmunotherapeutics |
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