Cobalt therapy
Cobalt therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer. Beginning in the 1950s, cobalt-60 was widely used in external beam radiotherapy (teletherapy) machines, which produced a beam of gamma rays which was directed into the patient's body to kill tumor tissue. Because these "cobalt machines" were expensive and required specialist support, they were often housed in cobalt units. Cobalt therapy was a revolutionary advance in radiotherapy in the post-World War II period but is now being replaced by other technologies such as linear accelerators.
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Cobalt therapy
Cobalt therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer. Beginning in the 1950s, cobalt-60 was widely used in external beam radiotherapy (teletherapy) machines, which produced a beam of gamma rays which was directed into the patient's body to kill tumor tissue. Because these "cobalt machines" were expensive and required specialist support, they were often housed in cobalt units. Cobalt therapy was a revolutionary advance in radiotherapy in the post-World War II period but is now being replaced by other technologies such as linear accelerators.
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Bomba kobaltowa – urządzenie d ...... ądrowa z płaszczem kobaltowym.
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Cobalt therapy is the medical ...... s such as linear accelerators.
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Kobaltkanone wie auch Kobaltbo ...... Bestrahlung von Krebstumoren.
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La telecobaltoterapia è un tra ...... tornano al loro stato normale.
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La terapia de cobalto o cobalt ...... e instalan bombas de cobalto.
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La télécobalthérapie ou téléco ...... cer profond par radiothérapie.
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Кобальтова гармата - пристрій ...... акими як лінійні прискорювачі.
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العلاج بالكوبالت هو الاستخدام ...... يات أخرى مثل المسرعات الخطية .
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Cobalt therapy
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oncology
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Cobalt-60 therapy
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Bomba kobaltowa – urządzenie d ...... nymi kwantami gamma prostych i
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Cobalt therapy is the medical ...... s such as linear accelerators.
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Kobaltkanone wie auch Kobaltbo ...... Bestrahlung von Krebstumoren.
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La telecobaltoterapia è un tra ...... tornano al loro stato normale.
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La terapia de cobalto o cobalt ...... re según la fórmula siguiente:
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La télécobalthérapie ou téléco ...... cer profond par radiothérapie.
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Кобальтова гармата - пристрій ...... акими як лінійні прискорювачі.
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العلاج بالكوبالت هو الاستخدام ...... يات أخرى مثل المسرعات الخطية .
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Bomba kobaltowa
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Cobalt therapy
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Kobaltkanone
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Telecobaltoterapia
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Terapia de cobalto
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Télécobalthérapie
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Кобальтова гармата
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العلاج بالكوبالت
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