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Abstract

Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy that uses small radioactive sources placed a short distance from the treatment area. The steep dose gradient with these sources allows a high dose to be delivered to the target while sparing the surrounding normal tissue.

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    From the Greek word ‘brachy’ meaning short or close.

  2. 2.

    Or alternatively as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).

  3. 3.

    For the first example, the dose rate behind the screen is 2 μSv/h, so ten procedures is equivalent to three days of natural background exposure.

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    David J. Eaton

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, D-68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Frank Schneider

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  1. Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Mohammed Keshtgar

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Katharine Pigott

  3. University of Heidelberg, University Medical Center Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

    Frederik Wenz

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Eaton, D.J., Schneider, F. (2014). Radiation Protection. In: Keshtgar, M., Pigott, K., Wenz, F. (eds) Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39821-6_5

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