define isotope. give two uses in the field medicine.

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Isotopes are elements with same atomic number and different mass number. For ex.,
${}_{6}C^{12} a n d {}_{6}C l^{13} a r e i s o t o p e s . T h e y h a v e t h e s a m e a t o m i c n u m b e r 6 a n d m a s s n u m b e r d i f f e r e n t . I n m e d i c i n a l f i e l d I o d i n e - 125 - t h r o i d t r e a t m e n t C o b a l t - 60 - r a d i o t h e r a p y f o r c a n c e r t r e a t m e n t$

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