Dutch medical isotopes unavailable until end of October, company says
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
Cancer patients in Europe may face a longer wait for diagnostic tests and treatments as a nuclear reactor in the Netherlands that supplies medical isotopes extended its shutdown for potential safety reasons.
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