Fwd: Fetal Dose Estimate

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From:	smjones@info2000.net (Steven M. Jones)
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Date: 97-10-24 21:56:24 EDT

The reference is:  Stovall, etal., Fetal dose from radiotherapy with
photon beams:  Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Task Group No. 36.,
Me. Phys. 22(1), January, 1995.

Good Luck!

Beth A. Hubbard wrote:
>
> We have a patient undergoing external beam radiation therapy to the left
> breast who announced yesterday that she may be pregnant.  In
> anticipation of a positive pregnancy test result, we would like to make
> an estimate of the dose to the fetus based on the treatment she's
> received up to this point.  Can anyone suggest references on this topic?
>  We thought there was a Task Group report published recently but
> aren't sure of the title or number.  We do have a Randophantom and are
> considering a TLD measurement.  For those of you who would like to
> make your own estimate of the fetal dose, here are the particulars:
>
> 6 MV medial/lateral tangents with a 15 degree wedge on each, 180
> cGy/fx, 3780 cGy total given.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Beth Hubbard, MS
> Medical Physicist
> MD Anderson Cancer Network - Tarrant County
> Ft. Worth, Texas
> bhubbard@main.cans.org