Radiation Safety Considerations of Household Waste Disposal After Release of Patients Who Have Received [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617.
J Nucl Med
; 64(10): 1567-1569, 2023 10.
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ABSTRACT
Patients with metastatic prostate cancer are more likely than other groups to present for radiopharmaceutical therapy with urinary incontinence due to complications from prior local prostate cancer treatment. A consequence of urinary incontinence in patients receiving radiopharmaceutical therapy is the potential production of contaminated solid waste, which must be managed by the licensee and, at home, managed by and disposed of by the patient. Prolonging the patient stay in the treating facility after radiopharmaceutical therapy administration, until the first urinary void or potentially overnight, may moderately reduce the quantity of contaminated waste being managed by the patient at home. However, this approach does not fully mitigate the need for a patient waste-management strategy. In this brief communication, the relative radiation safety merits of contaminated waste disposal in the normal household waste stream in comparison to other waste management strategies are evaluated.
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Assunto principal:
Incontinência Urinária
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Neoplasias de Próstata Resistentes à Castração
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Humans
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Male
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En
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J Nucl Med
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article