"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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radium" by people in Profiles.
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Tissue-Specific Toxicokinetics of Aqueous Radium-226 in an Estuarine Mussel, Geukensia demissa. Environ Sci Technol. 2023 02 28; 57(8):3187-3197.
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Radium dial workers: back to the future. Int J Radiat Biol. 2022; 98(4):750-768.
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Administration of lower doses of radium-224 to ankylosing spondylitis patients results in no evidence of significant overall detriment. PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0232597.
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Interventional treatments for metastatic bone cancer pain. Pain Manag. 2019 May; 9(3):307-315.
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Single-centre Experience of Use of Radium 223 with Clinical Outcomes Based on Number of Cycles and Bone Marrow Toxicity. Anticancer Res. 2018 Sep; 38(9):5423-5427.
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The Role of Therapeutic Layering in Optimizing Treatment for Patients With Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (Prostate Cancer Radiographic Assessments for Detection of Advanced Recurrence II). Urology. 2017 Jun; 104:150-159.
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Elevated concentrations of primordial radionuclides in sediments from the Reedy River and surrounding creeks in Simpsonville, South Carolina. J Environ Radioact. 2007; 94(3):121-8.
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Anomalously high levels of uranium and other naturally occurring radionuclides in private wells in the piedmont region of South Carolina. Health Phys. 2005 Mar; 88(3):248-52.
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Carcinoma of the endometrium: radiation followed immediately by operation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1977 May 01; 128(1):86-98.