In early September, Alpha Tau announced that it treated the first patient in its 30-patient US trial. This trial is set to ...

What advantages are there to using remote afterloading devices, compared with manual brachytherapy procedures? Foremost, staff will be less exposed to radiation. When circumstances allow remote ...

Millicurie quantities of 14 C do not present a significant external exposure hazard because the low-energy betas emitted barely penetrate the outer skin layer. The critical organ for uptake of many 14 ...

These sources emit ionizing radiation, typically in the form of alpha and beta particles, gamma rays or neutron radiation. Click here to learn more about radiation. Until the 1950s, only radionuclides ...