Re: Radioactive "seed" treatment no threat to others- ISOTOPE??

[RadiumProj@cs.com]

Is anyone familiar with the radionuclide used in the specific seeds tested in 
the following study noted in a post to radsafe? I would think it is Iodine 
based and not Pd-103. Any insights from people closer to this issue?

Stewart Farber
email: radiumproj@cs.com
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In a message dated 11/29/00 11:28:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
sandyfl@earthlink.net writes:

> Radioactive "seed" treatment no threat to others
>    
>  CHICAGO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Radioactive "seeds" used to treat 
>  prostate cancer in men pose no radiation risk to their wives or 
>  families, who would absorb more radiation simply living in the high-
>  altitude city of Denver, researchers said on Monday. 
>  
>  "We can now tell a woman, 'The amount of radiation you will get from 
>  your husband in one year is less than you would get from living in 
>  Denver for three or four months,'" said Jeff Michalski, a radiation 
>  oncologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 
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