Mazeron J J, Gerbaulet A
Centre des Tumeurs, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Radiother Oncol. 1998 Dec;49(3):205-16. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(98)00143-1.
Henri Becquerel presented the discovery of radium by Pierre and Marie Curie at the Paris Academy of Science on 26th December 1898. One century later, radium has been abandoned, mainly for radiation protection difficulties. It is, however, likely that modern techniques of brachytherapy have inherited to those designed for radium sources, and that radium has cured thousands and thousands patients all over the world for about eighty years. The history of discovery and medical use of radium is summarised.
1898年12月26日，亨利·贝克勒尔在巴黎科学院介绍了皮埃尔和玛丽·居里发现镭的情况。一个世纪后，镭已被弃用，主要是因为存在辐射防护困难。然而，现代近距离放射治疗技术很可能继承了那些为镭源设计的技术，并且镭在大约八十年的时间里治愈了世界各地成千上万的患者。本文总结了镭的发现和医学应用历史。
