Patients should discuss the specifics of this procedure with their radiation oncologist. Brachytherapy is one type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer. Radiation therapy is the use of a type of energy, called ionizing radiation, to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
Colorado River Toad. The Colorado River toad (Bufo=Incilius alvarius) is a large mainly terrestrial toad ranging in length from 4.3 to 7.4 inches (110 to 187 mm). It has leathery skin that ranges in color from olive brown to black with a few, low rounded bumps and enlarged glands on the back of the limbs.
Mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada live in high mountain lakes, ponds, tarns, and streams--largely in areas that were glaciated as recently as 10,000 years ago. Alpine lakes used by mountain yellow-legged frogs usually have open shorelines, margins that are grassy or muddy and have a depth greater than 2.5 meters (greater than 8.2 feet).