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Cobalt therapy

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Cobalt therapy or cobalt-60 therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer. [1]

23 relations: Becquerel, Cancer, Cobalt, Cobalt-60, Curie, External beam radiotherapy, Gamma ray, Half-life, Harold E. Johns, Linear particle accelerator, London, Ontario, Manhattan Project, National Research Council (Canada), Nuclear reactor, Radioactive waste, Radionuclide, Radiosurgery, Radium, Saskatoon, University of Saskatchewan, Walt Disney, World War II, X-ray tube.

Becquerel

The becquerel (symbol: Bq) is the SI derived unit of radioactivity.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27.

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Cobalt-60

Cobalt-60,, is a synthetic radioactive isotope of cobalt with a half-life of 5.2714 years.

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Curie

The curie (symbol Ci) is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910.

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External beam radiotherapy

External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or teletherapy is the most common form of radiotherapy (radiation therapy).

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray or gamma radiation (symbol γ or \gamma), is penetrating electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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Half-life

Half-life (symbol t1⁄2) is the time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value.

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Harold E. Johns

Harold Elford Johns, OC (4 July 1915 – 23 August 1998) was a Canadian medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer.

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Linear particle accelerator

A linear particle accelerator (often shortened to linac) is a type of particle accelerator that accelerates charged subatomic particles or ions to a high speed by subjecting them to a series of oscillating electric potentials along a linear beamline.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.

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National Research Council (Canada)

The National Research Council (NRC, Conseil national de recherches Canada) is the primary national research and technology organization (RTO) of the Government of Canada, in science and technology research and development.

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Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor, formerly known as an atomic pile, is a device used to initiate and control a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction.

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Radioactive waste

Radioactive waste is waste that contains radioactive material.

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Radionuclide

A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is an atom that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable.

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Radiosurgery

Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade.

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Radium

Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88.

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Saskatoon

Saskatoon is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a Canadian public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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X-ray tube

An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube that converts electrical input power into X-rays.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt_therapy

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