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

[Justin Wilde <jlwilde@eng.utah.edu>]

Seeds with Au-198 have also been used in the past but I-125 and Pd-103 are
generally the preferred choices now.
 

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Jetty Middelkoop wrote:

> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:20:44 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jetty Middelkoop <jmiddelkoop@zonnet.nl>
> Reply-To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Radioactive "seed" treatment no threat to others- ISOTOPE??
> 
> Normally the seeds contain I-125. I have never heard of any other nuclides
> used for this application
> 
> Jetty Middelkoop
> jmiddelkoop@zonnet.nl
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: Radioactive "seed" treatment no threat to others- ISOTOPE??
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> 
> > 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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