RESULTS OF CZECH NATIONAL STUDY OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM RADIOTHERAPY OF NON-MALIGNANT DISEASES, IN PARTICULAR OF HEEL SPURS
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
31840171
DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncz237
PII: 5620706
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Radiotherapy Dosage MeSH
- Phantoms, Imaging * MeSH
- Organs at Risk radiation effects MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Radiation Monitoring methods MeSH
- Heel Spur radiotherapy MeSH
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted methods MeSH
- Radiation Exposure analysis MeSH
- X-Ray Therapy methods MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
About 26 000 patients are treated per year with radiotherapy for non-malignant diseases in the Czech Republic. Approximately 75% of them are treated on X-ray therapy units and most of these patients undergo radiotherapy of heel spurs. The evaluation of radiation exposure of these patients was based on measured organ doses and on data from clinical practice. Collective effective doses for particular diagnoses were calculated in order to compare doses resulting from different diagnoses treated on X-ray therapy units. The collective effective dose from radiotherapy of heel spurs in the Czech Republic in 2013 was evaluated to 77 manSv. It represents 25.6% of the total collective effective dose for all diagnoses of radiotherapy for non-malignant diseases treated on X-ray therapy units.
Department of Radiological Physics Na Bulovce Hospital Prague Czech Republic
Medical Exposure Section National Radiation Protection Institute Prague Czech Republic
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