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RADIUM treatment is an established medical service in Great Britain, as may be gathered from the reports which are issued from year to year, especially by the four important organizations which have the responsibility of encouraging its practice and of helping research bearing upon its many problems. These organizations are the National Radium Commission, now in its eighth year of existence, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, both of which are primarily concerned with treatment; the British Empire Cancer Campaign and the Medical Research Council, whose interests in the subject are primarily research, their common matters of discussion in the first instance usually being referred to a joint Radiology Committee. The allocation of radium by these four organizations at present exceeds 40 grams of radium element.
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Russ, S. Radium Treatment in Great Britain. Nature 139, 699–701 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139699a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139699a0