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State one medical use of radioactive isotopes

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Radioactive isotopes are widely used in medical field

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Radioactive isotopes are widely used in medical field.

Radiations emitted by radioactive isotopes or used to kill the microorganism in food and to increase the shelf life of food.

Cobalt-60 is used to treat the cancer.

Iodine-131 is used to check the activity of thyroid.

Technetium-99 also used for the thyroid.

Phosphorus-32 is used to detect the cancer specially in skin and eyes.

Xenon-133 is used for lungs imaging.

Au-198 is used to diagnose the liver disease.

Co-60 is used as gamma ray irradiation of tumor.

In industry radioactive isotopes are used to measure the thickness of materials.

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