Abstract
Recent reports from several laboratories1–3 have indicated that the higher atomic number radionuclides in the rare earth group of elements tend to localize in tumours when injected intravenously in the citrate form. We have confirmed these results using animals bearing transplanted tumours (unpublished observations).
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HAYES, R., RAFTER, J., WASHBURN, L. et al. Affinity of 253Einsteinium for Tumour Tissue. Nature New Biology 246, 23–25 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio246023a0
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