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What is
palladium Pd-103
?Pronunciation: /pəˈleɪdiəm pd* wən ˈhənərd ənd θri/
palladium Pd-103
Definition
A radioisotope of the metal palladium used in brachytherapy implants or ‘seed’. With a half-life of 17 days, palladium 103 administered with brachytherapy allows continuous, tumor-site specific low-energy irradiation to the tumor cell population while sparing normal adjacent tissues from radiotoxicity.