Guest guest Posted April 8, 2000 Report Share Posted April 8, 2000 , The GK machines all use cobalt-60 as the radiation source not radium. ---------- From: johncawe@... Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 1:39 PM To: NF2_Crewegroups Subject: Gamma kinfe Hello all After reading Sally's letter about the tumour on her ear coming back time after time the gamma knife could be a little dodgey, I asked my own doc here in Ireland and he didnt like the idea of it being used on none cancerous tumours cause if it decided to come again it may turn cancerous after the belts of radium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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