Facilities and remote afterloading for Cf-252 brachytherapy

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Nucl. Sci. Appl.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6708598

Beach, J L; Klenn, P; Mattingly, T

The study of Californium-252 brachytherapy has been limited by safety considerations because of the unknown late effects of small doses of neutrons. Because of the potential advantages of treating bulky tumors with neutron implant therapy and the need for large scale cooperative clinical trials to test this therapy. The authors have designed a facility for complete remote storage, sorting and afterloading of Cf-252 sources. The current status of this project and plans for testing the completed device are discussed in this paper. By reducing the neutron exposure to clinical personnel to zero, the hope to remove the question of safety from the question of clinical efficacy of Cf-252.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Radiation Medicine, Univ. of Kentucky Medical Center
• OSTI ID: 6708598
• Journal Information: Nucl. Sci. Appl.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Sci. Appl.; (United States) Vol. 2:3; ISSN NSAPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BARYONS
CALIFORNIUM 252
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES
DISEASES
DOSIMETRY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUIPMENT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HEAVY NUCLEI
IMPLANTS
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPES
LOADING
LOW DOSE IRRADIATION
MATERIALS HANDLING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NEUTRON THERAPY
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY
PLANNING
RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
REMOTE HANDLING
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SORTING
STORAGE FACILITIES
THERAPEUTIC USES
THERAPY
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES