Californium-252: isotope for modern radiotherapy of cervix, uterine and vaginal carcinomas.
Cf-252 is an isotope that can easily be after loaded into available gynecological applicators and used for bulky cervix, uterus or vaginal cancer therapy. It is economical, time and cost effective in use, and can be applied to the therapy of many patients throughout the world. It is more effective for neutron therapy than machine fast neutron therapy and is the only form of neutron therapy producing consistent complication-free 5-year cure of advanced cancers currently available. Cf-252 is an isotope for modern gynecological tumor therapy for the future. Isodose curves for Cf-252 implants revealed dose distributions conforming well to tumor.
D001918:Brachytherapy; D002142:Californium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
D002142:Californium