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Cancer treatment alkaline earth metals

The elements Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra are collectively known as the alkaline earth metals. We shall have little to say about radium it is radioactive and is formed as (a-emitter, h = 1622yr) in the decay series. Uses of radium-226 in cancer treatment have generally been superseded by other radioisotopes. The properties of radium and its compounds can be inferred by extrapolation from those of corresponding Ca, Sr and Ba compounds. [Pg.275]

Physicians can treat some types of cancer by placing small amounts of a radioactive element in a sealed tube and inserting the tube in the cancerous tissue. Which of the alkaline earth metals could be used for this kind of treatment Why ... [Pg.15]

French and Polish chemists Pierre and Marie Curie Luminescent metal and last of the alkaline earth elements produced by decaying uranium used in cancer treatment. [Pg.251]

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