write the application of isotopes in chemical and medical fields
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Radioactive isotopes have many useful applications. In medicine, for example, cobalt-60 is extensively employed as a radiation source to arrest the development of cancer. Other radioactive isotopes are used as tracers for diagnostic purposes as well as in research on metabolic processes.
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Radioactive isotopes have many useful applications. In particular, they are central to the fields of nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. In nuclear medicine, tracer radioisotopes may be taken orally or be injected or inhaled into the body. ... In radiotherapy, radioisotopes typically are employed to destroy diseased cells.
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