Isotope shortage could delay cancer tests

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AP/Yahoo News, May 20, 2009

Canadian officials have again shut down a nuclear reactor that produces much of the world's radioactive isotopes used to diagnose cancer patients through medical imaging. Patients in line for medical tests to diagnose cancer and heart ailments now may have a longer wait as hospitals try to conserve a scarce supply of isotopes, doctors say.

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