Dose perturbation resulting from gold fillings in patients with head and neck cancers
Journal Article
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· Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)
Among patients who are being treated for head and neck cancers, those with gold-filled teeth have earlier acute radiation reactions in the lateral surface of the tongue and buccal mucosa adjacent to their gold fillings than patients with no gold filled teeth. An investigation to determine the cause of this reaction revealed a rapid increase in the dose adjacent to the metal teeth. This high dose zone was fond to be less than 2 mm in tissue. This overdosage can be prevented by separating the gold-filled teeth from the oral mucosa with dental caps made of tissue equivalent material.
- Research Organization:
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, IL
- OSTI ID:
- 6244828
- Journal Information:
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 5:4; ISSN IOBPD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BODY
BODY AREAS
DOSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY RANGE
GAMMA RADIATION
GOLD
HEAD
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEDICINE
METALS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 01-10
NECK
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIATIONS
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
RECOMMENDATIONS
SCATTERING
SECONDARY EMISSION
THERAPY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS