AW: [ RadSafe ] Technology to detect radiation

[John Jacobus]

Franz,
I expect your friend had a radiation teletherapy
treatment following her chemotherapy.  I certainly
would not consider the treatment as low dose.  It is
to the body, but not to the breast.  I believe the
tumor dose is approximately 600 cGy to 800 cGy (rad
for those in non-SI countries) fractionated over about
10 weeks.  

As for the use use of radiation wires or seeds there
is a treatement plan using the temporary implantion of
Ir-192.  The source is ultimately removed. 
http://www.cancer-radiation.com/about/Mammosite.htm

--- Franz Schönhofer <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at>
wrote:

> Elsa,
> 
> I had the same thoughts as you when reading this
> message, but thought that I
> am not an expert and it might be true. That "wires
> or seeds" might be
> implanted is to my knowledge a ridiculous
> explanation by a wannabe "RADSAFE
> expert". A very good friend of mine received - and I
> think that is the
> standard treatment - first personalized chemotherapy
> and then a relatively
> low dosed radiation therapy. Fortunately she
> recovered and is free from any
> metastases since more than ten years. No
> radionuclides were involved.
> 
> Radionuclides might be involved in the search of
> metastases. This might be
> an explanation. On the other hand I would not trust
> news media to much as to
> the accurracy of their reports....
> 
> 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 nimmoelsa at netscape.net
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. August 2007 00:50
> An: radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Technology to detect radiation 
> 
> Any comments on the form of radiation therapy
> involved???
> 
> I'm sure I'm not aware of?all possible breast cancer
> treatment modes and?I'm
> finding the description of this incident?puzzling.
> 
> Thanks,
> Elsa Nimmo
> 
> 
> At 07:58 PM 8/19/07 -0400, Jaro wrote:
> >Aviation Week & Space Technology
> >08/20/2007, page 26
> >Technology to detect radiation has progressed, says
> Army Lt. Gen. William
> >Webster, deputy commander of the U.S. Northern
> Command. During the most
> >recent Little League World Series in Williamsport,
> Pa., detectors picked up
> >radiation from a fan entering the premises and
> handheld detectors guided
> >officials to the fan's location. Upon questioning
> the fan, officials
> >discovered she recently underwent radiation therapy
> for breast cancer and
> >was still carrying residual amounts of the
> substance.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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-- John
John Jacobus, MS
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