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Intravenous radiation
Source: Radiation for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Institute.
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Intravenous radiation with strontium-89 (a radionuclide) is given as palliative therapy to relieve bone pain caused by breast cancer that has spread to the bones. Strontium-89 is injected into a vein and travels to the surface of the bones. Radiation is released and kills cancer cells in the bones.
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