The isotope used to remove the brain tumors and treatment of cancer is
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The isotope used to remove the brain tumors and treatment of cancer is cobalt-60
It is basically used in radiotherapy during the treatment of cancer . it attacks on tumor cells. It has the unique property that it doesn't effect the other part of the body during treatment and their rays are too dense and effective for tumor cell due to this it is used in treatment of cancer
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The isotope used to remove the brain tumors and treatment of cancer is cobalt-60.
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- The medicinal use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat illnesses such as cancer is known as cobalt treatment.
- Cobalt-60 was commonly employed in external beam radiation (teletherapy) equipment, which produced a beam of gamma rays that was directed into the patient's body to kill tumour tissue, beginning in the 1950s.
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