I-131, with a half-life of 8.02 days, has a variety of applications. They include diagnostics and therapy of thyroid gland (either in the form of solution or capsule), industrial tracers and various research applications such as antibody labelling. I-131 is also used to label antibodies for therapeutic applications in cancer treatment.
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