Introduction

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority supports the draft ” Radiological Protection in Therapy with Radiopharmaceuticals” in general.

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Abstract

• The goal of radiation therapy, including therapy with radiopharmaceuticals, is to optimise the relationship between the probability of control of tumour/target tissue and complications in normal tissue. Instead
  Change to: The challenge of radiation therapy…. (the goal of radiation therapy is to cure the patient, or to ease the pain or complications inflicted by tumours)

(45) 2)

        -  Consider that older people maybe don´t need to sleep in separate beds.

(55)

• ·         It doesn´t work to ensure that all excreta are disposed of in the sanitary sewer system, if the patient is using diapers.

(111)

• ·         It´s important to verify the intra-articular position of the needle before the patient is administrated with the treatment radionuclide.

Table 5.1

• ·         The shielding in concrete should be much higher than 5.5 and 18 mm, respectively (maybe in cm?)

(220)

• ·         The probability of inhalation is negligible.
• ·         Is it necessary to maintain records of the type and activity in bodies cremated, if the staff normally doesn´t know about it?