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Why would a doctor most likely restrict a patient’s contact with other people while the patient receives internal radiation?
The patient’s stress and anxiety would be eliminated.
High levels of radiation can diffuse through the patient’s skin.
Social contact would increase the effect of the radiation treatment.
Radioactive material can leave the patient’s body through saliva, sweat, and urine.
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Radioactive material can leave the patient’s body through saliva, sweat, and urine.
Explanation: In internal (unsealed) radiation therapy the radioactive substance can be excreted or contaminate body fluids, so limiting contact protects others from contamination and exposure. (Sealed implants have lower contamination risk but similar precautions are often used.)
Explanation: In internal (unsealed) radiation therapy the radioactive substance can be excreted or contaminate body fluids, so limiting contact protects others from contamination and exposure. (Sealed implants have lower contamination risk but similar precautions are often used.)
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