Patent ID: 8834837
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61N,A61P,C23C

Abstract:
1. A radiotherapy method, comprising: positioning at least one removable radiotherapy device having a surface and a predetermined amount of a radionuclide retainably embedded on or beneath said surface in proximity to and/or within a tumor of a subject, for a predetermined time period, said predetermined amount and said predetermined time period selected sufficient for said radionuclide to administer a predetermined therapeutic dose of decay chain nuclei and alpha particles into said tumor; wherein said radionuclide is selected from the group consisting of Radium-223 and Radium-224, and wherein said embedding ensures that said radionuclide remains in said at least one radiotherapy device while said decay chain nuclei and alpha particles are recoiled outside said surface.