The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident resulted in a release of radionuclides to the environment and a wide range of radioactive contamination. The national government and local governments implemented urgent protective actions to reduce internal exposure from ingestion of food and tap water or inhalation of radionuclides after the accident. There has been some concern in evaluatin...

objective(s): the aim of this study was to determine whether high-dose radioactive iodine (na131i) outpatient treatment of patients with thyroid carcinoma is a pragmatically safe approach, particularly for the safety of caregivers. methods: a total of 79 patients completed the radiation-safety questionnaires prior to receiving high-dose radioactive iodine treatment. the questionnaire studied th...

The research objective is assessment of structural genomic damages in plutonium workers. The study group included workers of the Mayak Production Association subjected to chronic occupational internal exposure to incorporated Pu and/or external γ-rays. A lymphocyte culture of peripheral blood was chosen as an object of study. The yield of intrachromosomal exchange aberrations of chromosomal typ...

BACKGROUND A pilot study was carried out in the AREVA NC Pierrelatte nuclear facility in order to investigate a possible carcinogenic effect of internal radiation exposure among nuclear workers in France. The objective of this study was to develop a method for retrospective reconstruction of the occupational exposure to internal radiation from uranium and associated chemical exposures. METHOD...

The objective of this work is to develop procedures for internal monitoring of (18)F to be applied in cases of possible incorporation of fluoride and (18)FDG, using in vivo and in vitro methods of measurements. The Na I (Tl) 8" x 4" scintillation detector installed at IRD-Whole Body Counter was calibrated for measurements with a whole body anthropomorphic phantom, simulating homogeneous distrib...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement (QI) has become an essential component of medical care in the United States. In residency programs, QI is a focus area of the Clinical Learning Environment Review visits conducted by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The readiness of applicants to internal medicine residency to engage in QI on day one is unknown. PURPOSE To document the r...

During cancer chemotherapy toxicity to normal tissues often limits the tolerable dose. To increase drug delivery to tumor while maintaining tolerable systemic exposure, regional treatments, such as intraarterial drug delivery, have been used. Despite intraarterial delivery, systemic toxicity often remains the dose-limiting sensitivity. If systemic drug exposure could be reduced after intraarter...