Isotopes+in+Medicine

=__Cobalt-60 in Radiotherapy__=

Cobalt-60 has many uses, but the one most useful to human life is cancer treatment. It is used to shoot gamma beams at a tumour. For many forms of cancer, cobalt-60 is the most form of cancer treatment available. It allows doctors to use more radiation with less damage to the surrounding tissue. Cobalt-60 is also a painless form of cancer treatment and has less side effects than other conventional forms of therapy. [] []