Radioactive OK.Radioactive OK: North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Scientific Inc. announced that the Chatsworth-based brachytherapy company had received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a low-dose radiation treatment version of its recently announced breast brachytherapy product. The product is designed to enhance accelerated partial breast irradiation irradiation /ir·ra·di·a·tion/ (i-ra?de-a´shun) 1. radiotherapy. 2. the dispersion of nervous impulse beyond the normal path of conduction. 3. treatments, an estimated $500 million U.S. market. Brachytherapy is a minimally invasive procedure Minimally invasive surgical procedures avoid open invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery with less trauma. These procedures involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-control manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an in which radioactive material radioactive material Radiation A substance that contains unstable–radioactive–atoms that give off radiation as they decay. See Radioactive decay. , sealed in titanium capsules the size of a grain of rice, are implanted into cancerous tissue to deliver a short-range dose of lethal radiation. The targeted approach minimizes the amount of radiation that surrounding healthy tissue might receive. |
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