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present in bone following yttrium, plutonium,

radium.

strontius,

These were similar.
We were able to pick these up from the clinical

standpoint by areas of inreased density which usually
occurred at the cancellous bones at the end of the long
bones.

We were able to correlate this with the amount of

retained radium, and it was a more reliable clinical
indicator than any other findings that we found.

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The other important thing is that in the tumors that
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developed tn these people, most

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ends of the long bones and a roentgenographic study of the

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long bones gives a base line for any future changes,

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also a study for any changes in symptoms which might be

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pre-cancerous.

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all of them developed at the

and

All these radium patients follow a rather fixed

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pattern, namely, that about 15 years after the deposition of

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the radio element symptoms occurred.

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occur and wre consistent at the point where the chamber

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develops.

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Then later symptoms wil J

This is accompanied by areas of density.

This is

avery important aspect as far as the long term study, as

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far as the internal emitters are concerned.

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X-rays are concerned.

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