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cesium Cs-131

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-012530

An unstable radioisotope of cesium (Cs) with radiocytotoxic application. Cs-131 is a gamma photon-emitting radionuclide with high energy and a relatively short half-life of 9.7 days. When used in prostate brachytherapy, Cs-131 demonstrated advantages over other commonly used isotopes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-012530
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Abbreviation131-Cs
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "cesium Cs-131",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An unstable radioisotope of cesium (Cs) with radiocytotoxic application. Cs-131 is a gamma photon-emitting radionuclide with high energy and a relatively short half-life of 9.7 days. When used in prostate brachytherapy, Cs-131 demonstrated advantages over other commonly used isotopes.",
  "abbreviation": "131-Cs",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cesium-cs-131/"
}

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