AW: [ RadSafe ] Permanent radioactive implants for treatment of breastcancer

[Franz Schönhofer]

Sandra,

Thank you for the link, I am always eager to learn.

However this link provokes questions. Being a non-native speaker I have
problems with the expression "stranded seeds". 70 seeds seems to be a rather
large number. Of course Pd is an extremely inert metal, but were the seeds
metallic Pd? Since foreign objects (bullets, grenade fragments, metallic and
other particles) are usually removed from the body to prevent negative
impact I wonder how the long term behaviour of the seeds will be. 

>From the article it seems that this was an experimental approach. Has it
been contionued and used for a large number of patients?

Best regards,

Franz


Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
MinRat i.R.
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Wien/Vienna
AUSTRIA


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im Auftrag
von Sandra Gabriel
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. August 2007 18:36
An: radsafe at radlab.nl
Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Permanent radioactive implants for treatment of
breastcancer

Information about a clinical trial using Pd-103 permanent seed implants
for treatment of breast cancer is available at:

http://www.oncolink.org/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=12719&month=0
1&year=2006
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