Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Coventry BJ

Publications

• Research Article
  A Literature Review of Late Complications of Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Incidence and Dose Response
  Author(s): Coventry BJ, Collins PJ, Kollias J, Bochner M, Rodgers N, Gill PG, Chatterton BE and Farshid GCoventry BJ, Collins PJ, Kollias J, Bochner M, Rodgers N, Gill PG, Chatterton BE and Farshid G
  
  Introduction: Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy (LM/ SNB) techniques for melanoma and breast cancer management potentially expose staff, including operating theatre personnel, radiologists, pathologists and others, to ionising radiation. Aims: To ascertain exposure levels in a practical setting and to establish safe work practices for staff involved in the LM/ SNB procedure pathway. Methods: Cumulative intra-procedural extremity (hands) and whole body radiation doses were recorded separately for surgeons, pathologists and couriers during standard sentinel lymph node biopsy procedures from 13 melanoma and included also radiologists in 11 breast cancer cases. Results: The measured extremity dose for melanoma procedures was zero for surgeons and pathologists. The extremity dos.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.S2-008

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