Compare a low-dose rate internal radiation treatment to a high dose rate internal treatment. What do you think are the positives and negatives of each?

Internal radiation is also called brachytherapy. A radioactive implant is put inside the body in or near the tumor. Getting the implant placed is usually a painless procedure. Depending on your type of cancer and treatment plan, you might get a temporary or a permanent implant. Internal radiation therapy (brachytherapy) allows a higher dose of radiation in a smaller area than might be possible with external radiation treatment. It uses a radiation source that’s usually sealed in a small holder called an implant. Different types of implants may be called pellets, seeds, ribbons, wires, needles, capsules, balloons, or tubes. No matter which type of implant is used, it is placed in your body, very close to or inside the tumor. This way the radiation harms as few normal cells as possible.

During intracavitary radiation, the radioactive source is placed in a body cavity (space) , such as the rectum or uterus.
With interstitial radiation, the implants are placed in or near the tumor, but not in a body cavity. The implant procedure is usually done in a hospital operating room designed to keep the radiation inside the room. You’ll get anesthesia, which may be either general (where drugs are used to put you into a deep sleep so that you don’t feel pain) or local (where part of your body is numbed).

One or more implants is put into the body cavity or tissue with an applicator, usually a metal tube or a plastic tube called a catheter. Imaging tests (an x-ray, ultrasound, MRI, or CT scan) are usually used during the procedure to find the exact place the implant needs to go.

Before being placed, implants are kept in containers that hold the radiation inside so it can’t affect others. The health professionals handling the implants may wear special gear that protects them from exposure once the implants are taken out of the container. High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy allows a person to be treated for several minutes at a time with a powerful radioactive source that’s put in the applicator. The source is removed after 10 to 20 minutes. This may be repeated twice a day over a few days, or once a day over the course of a few weeks. The radioactive material is not left in your body. The applicator might be left in place between treatments, or it might be put in before each treatment.

People getting HDR sometimes stay in the hospital if it involves multiple day treatments and if the applicator is left in place. There may be special precautions to take after the treatment, so be sure to talk to the cancer care team about this. In this approach, the implant gives off lower doses of radiation over a longer period.

Some implants are left in from 1 to a few days and then removed. You’ll probably have to stay in the hospital, sometimes in a special room, during treatment. For larger implants, you might have to stay in bed and lie still to keep it from moving.

Some smaller implants (such as the seeds or pellets) are left in place and never taken out. Over the course of several weeks they stop giving off radiation. The seeds or pellets are about the size of rice grains and rarely cause problems. If your implants are to be left in, you may be able to go home the same day they’re put in. There may be special precautions to take, so be sure to talk to the cancer care team about this.

Determine the volume of the product containing carbon produced when 15.0 g of C2H2 are reacted with an excess of oxygen gas

Water circulates through Earth's water cycle by changing its _____.
A. state
B. acidity
C. turbidity
D. composition
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When Svante Arrhenius first proposed his acid base theory, he was a doctoral candidate. His professors thought his ideas were unfounded. Within a decade, the Arrhenius theory of acid base was widely accepted and praised within the scientific world. Arrhenius defined acids as compounds having an ionizable hydrogen and bases as compounds with ionizable hydroxides. Eventually scientists adopted a broader theory which includes more compounds to define acids and bases. The Bronsted-Lowry acid base theory defines an acid as a _______ and a base as a ______________.

C + 2ZnO → CO2 + 2zn
How many grams of
carbon dioxide will be
produced if 135 grams
of ZnO is completely
reacted?

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Stem cells can differentiate into how many types of body cells?

Consider the table below that summarizes the types of materials that can block the 3 different types of radiation. Based on the table, at which numbered spot in the table does each type of radiation belong. 1 = beta; 2 = alpha, 3 = gamma

Ch.3, S5, page
69, BOS
Calculate the mass of 1.5 moles of calcium atoms.
NA=6x 1023
Mass=
g give your answer to two significant figures.