“…In a study of 30 radium cases, Aub et al (1952) summarized their clinical findings as "bone changes of a destructive and reactive nature, spontaneous fractures, loss of teeth, necrosis and osteomyelitis of the maxillae, mandible, or temporal bone, and tumors of bone or surrounding tissues." The authors reported that three of their patients had epidermoid carcinomas of the nasopharynx, a new finding for patients with internally deposited radium.…”