radio wave
A type of wave made when an electric field and a magnetic field are combined.
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Radioactive describes a substance whose unstable atomic nuclei give off energy as radiation while decaying into more stable forms.
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A drug that contains a radioactive substance and is used to diagnose or treat disease, including cancer.
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Debris lifted by a nuclear explosion and dropped downwind, dangerous largely through isotopes the body mistakes for nutrients and stores.
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Iodine carrying a radioactive label, taken up by thyroid cells so that it can either photograph them or destroy them.
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A radioactive form of palladium (a metallic element that resembles platinum).
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A small, radioactive pellet that is placed in or near a tumor.
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A type of radiation therapy used to treat liver cancer that is advanced or has come back.
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A procedure that uses radio waves to heat and destroy abnormal cells.
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A method that uses radioactive substances to make pictures of areas inside the body.
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The use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to help diagnose diseases, including cancer.
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A procedure that uses radioactive substances to locate tumors so that they can be removed by surgery.
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The use of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies to treat diseases, including cancer.
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A type of systemic radiation therapy in which a radioactive substance is linked to an antibody that locates and kills tumor cells when injected into the body.
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An unstable form of a chemical element that releases radiation as it breaks down and becomes more stable.
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Any compound that has been joined with a radioactive substance.
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A test that uses radiation or other imaging procedures to find signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
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Most patients never meet the radiologist who reads their scan, though the report shapes what happens next as much as any bedside examination.
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The name says radiation, yet several of the field's most used methods, ultrasound and magnetic resonance among them, involve none at all.
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An unstable form of a chemical element that releases radiation as it breaks down and becomes more stable.
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