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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. Check for \'https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C2550\' active clinical trials using this agent. (\'http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C2550\' NCI Thesaurus)
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