Any radioactive element is used to treat leukemia.
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Leukemia is a broad category of different cancers of white blood cells.
Leukemia can be subdivided first in Acute vs. Chronic Leukemia, based on age of onset and virulence. After that, the white blood cell type affected must be determined. Note that there 5 major types of white blood cells. There are sub types of leukemias for most of them.
After determining which type of cell is affected, the genetic mutations of the cancerous cells are determined. Finally, some determination of stage is made based on symptoms and organs affected. Only after these are determined can you reliably pick the best therapy.
In general, radiation can be focused by insertion of radio-isotopes into specific tissues, external beams focused on specific organs, or radiation applied to the whole body via beams. I’ve read of some experimental attempts at delivering radioactively tagged drugs to cells that have some sort of leukemia or white cell characteristics. Radio-isotopes are not commonly used for leukemia treatment as they were in decades past. Sorry.
Leukemia can be subdivided first in Acute vs. Chronic Leukemia, based on age of onset and virulence. After that, the white blood cell type affected must be determined. Note that there 5 major types of white blood cells. There are sub types of leukemias for most of them.
After determining which type of cell is affected, the genetic mutations of the cancerous cells are determined. Finally, some determination of stage is made based on symptoms and organs affected. Only after these are determined can you reliably pick the best therapy.
In general, radiation can be focused by insertion of radio-isotopes into specific tissues, external beams focused on specific organs, or radiation applied to the whole body via beams. I’ve read of some experimental attempts at delivering radioactively tagged drugs to cells that have some sort of leukemia or white cell characteristics. Radio-isotopes are not commonly used for leukemia treatment as they were in decades past. Sorry.
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