RE: Breast Cancer Therapy Doses

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Linda, 

Go to the Health Physics Society's Ask the Expert web site,

http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/.  They may have the answer, or you

could submit the question for an answer.



-- John 

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      



-----Original Message-----

From: Sewell, Linda [mailto:LMS1@PGE.COM]

Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:13 PM

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Breast Cancer Therapy Doses

Sensitivity: Private





Hi All,



A friend of mine asked a question regarding the radiation exposure

associated with breast cancer therapies.  She had 30 days of treatment with

a beam irradiator.  The folks doing the irradiations said the cumulative

dose to the target tissue was approximately 5000 - 6000 Rad.  What is the

approximate "whole body" dose from this type of treatment?  I wanted to try

and put this in a more familiar context for her.



Thanks,



Linda

    



Linda M. Sewell, CHP

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

MS 119/1/122

PO Box 56

Avila Beach,  CA  93424

805.545.4315 (voice)

805.545.2618 (fax)

mailto:lms1@pge.com





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