A Radiation Badge Survey for Family Members Living With Patients Treated With a 103Pd Permanent Breast Seed Implant

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 267-271

  Keller, Brian M ^a   Pignol, Jean Philippe ^a   Rakovitch, Eileen ^a   Sankreacha, Raxa ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

103Pd; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SEED IMPLANTS; PREIMPLANTATION PLANNING;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

PALLADIUM 103;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DRUG IMPLANT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RELATIVE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PALLADIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPOUSES;

EID: 37049037067     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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