"Radium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A radioactive element of the alkaline earth series of metals. It has the atomic symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Radium is the product of the disintegration of URANIUM and is present in pitchblende and all ores containing uranium. It is used clinically as a source of beta and gamma-rays in radiotherapy, particularly BRACHYTHERAPY.
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D011883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.770 D01.268.552.775 D01.268.556.775 D01.496.749.305.770 D01.552.539.745 D01.552.544.775
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radium" by people in Profiles.
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Wei XX, Ko EC, Ryan CJ. Treatment strategies in low-volume metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Curr Opin Urol. 2017 Nov; 27(6):596-603.
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Varkaris A, Gunturu K, Kewalramani T, Tretter C. Acute Myeloid Leukemia After Radium-223 Therapy: Case Report. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 08; 15(4):e723-e726.
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Aronowitz JN. Robert Abbe: early American brachytherapist. Brachytherapy. 2012 Nov-Dec; 11(6):421-8.
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Aronowitz JN, Lubenau JO. From the lost radium files: misadventures in the absence of training, regulation, and accountability. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Nov 15; 84(4):932-6.