Evaluation of fetal dose from megavoltage irradiation of the knee and neonate followup

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Med. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1118/1.595349· OSTI ID:5514721

Nair, R P; Nair, T K.M.; El-Akkad, S

A 24-yr-old female patient who was to undergo radiation therapy management for a recurrent low-grade fibrosarcoma on her right knee was found to be 9 weeks pregnant. The patient and her relatives insisted on carrying the pregnancy to maturity, despite undergoing irradiation of her right knee for local control of her disease and to take the teratological risk, if any, that it entails. This paper discusses the measurement of scattered dose in water, fetal dose estimation in an Alderson--Rando human phantom and possible ways of minimizing it.

• Research Organization: Cancer Therapy Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354 Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• OSTI ID: 5514721
• Journal Information: Med. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Med. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 10:6; ISSN MPHYA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BODY
BODY AREAS
DISEASES
DOSES
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FETUSES
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LIMBS
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NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHANTOMS
PLASTICS
PRENATAL EXPOSURE
PRENATAL IRRADIATION
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
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RADIOTHERAPY
SKELETON
STRUCTURAL MODELS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
THERAPY
TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS
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