“…Injected amounts were up to 140 MBq 224 Ra (7). Such high cumulative doses of 224 Ra led to increased incidences of myeloid leukemia and malignancies of bones, kidneys and thyroid, and 224 Ra was abandoned since 1990 (6,22). An elevated risk for malignant bone tumors, however, has not been proven after low-dose treatment with 10 MBq 224 Ra (6).…”