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    STUDIA PHYSICA - Issue no. 2 / 2010  
         
  Article:   RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PROCEDURES WITH 131I.

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  Abstract:  Dosimetry calculation was carried out for each individual patient in order to evaluate the optimal dose of radioisotopes and radiation compliance for the patient and for personnel handling radioactive sources. The data are obtained from a group of patients receiving radioiodine to ablate the thyroid after surgery and from another group receiving subsequent treatments for residual or recurrent disease. Related to the first group, the cumulative dose to nursing staff for the week after treatment was estimated at 0.08 mSv for a self-caring patient to 6.3 mSv for a totally helpless patient, while corresponding doses to nurses looking after patients receiving subsequent treatments for residual or recurrent disease were 0.18-12.3 mSv.

Keywords: radioiodine, thyroid carcinoma, radiotherapy, radiation protection 

 
         
     
         
         
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