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Bone-seeking radioisotope

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001176

A radioactive substance that is given through a vein, and collects in bone cells and in tumor cells that have spread to the bone. It kills cancer cells by giving off low-level radiation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001176
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001176",
  "term": "Bone-seeking radioisotope",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A radioactive substance that is given through a vein, and collects in bone cells and in tumor cells that have spread to the bone. It kills cancer cells by giving off low-level radiation.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/bone-seeking-radioisotope/"
}

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