Assessment of extremity dose for medical staff involved in positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging: Retrospective study.

There has been an increase in positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging procedures, and medical workers involved in PET/CT are at increased risk of occupational exposure. Data on extremity dose exposure are limited globally. The current study aimed to evaluate the occupational radiation dose for extremities for medical workers (nurses, radiographers/radiologic technologists, and nuclear medicine physicians) working in PET/CT scanners at 5 large hospitals in Turkey.

Triple mapping for axillary staging after neoadjuvant therapy: Axillary reverse mapping with indocyanine green and dual agent sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Axillary staging is 1 of the major issues of current breast cancer management after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an option for clinically node negative patients. Axillary reverse mapping (ARM) was introduced to identify and preserve the lymphatic drainage from the arm.

Multiple muscle involvement in relapsed multiple myeloma: A rare case.

Although extramedullary involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) emerges in various organs, muscle involvement is rarely seen and is associated with poor prognosis. It is aimed to discuss the treatment strategy in such a rare case with multiple muscle involvement in relapsed MM. Because the response to treatment is short-lived and the prognosis is poor in extramedullary involvement, effective and dynamic treatment methods for bridging should be used for clinical trials and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Changes in lung perfusion scintigraphy and pulmonary function tests in irradiated breast cancer patients.

Objective: To investigate the utility of quantitative lung perfusion scintigraphy and pulmonary function tests in the assessment of radiation-induced lung injury.

Methods: The prospective study was conducted at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University Hospital, Turkey, from May 2012 to October 2016, and comprised female breast cancer patients having undergone lung perfusion scintigraphy with Tc-99m macroaggregated albumin before and after radiotherapy. Pulmonary function tests and carbon monoxide diffusing capacity tests were also carried out on all the patients, and the relationship between treatment-related changes and its association with radiotherapy doses was analysed.

Assessment of absorbed dose for Zr-89, Sm-153 and Lu-177 medical radioisotopes: IDAC-Dose2.1 and OLINDA experience.

Objective: In this article, IDAC-Dose2.1 and OLINDA computer codes are compared as they are the most widely used software tools for internal dosimetry assessment at the present time. OLINDA/EXM personal computer code was created as a replacement for the widely used MIRDOSE3.