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    Cost benefit analysis of radiological protection: a case study of remote after-loading in gynaecological radiotherapy.

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    Authors
    Fleishman, A B
    Notley, H Maeve
    Wilkinson, John M
    Affiliation
    National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
    Issue Date
    1983-10
    
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    Abstract
    The ICRP system of dose limitation requires radiation exposures to be kept "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA). The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) advocates a form of cost benefit analysis for this purpose, in which a comparison is made between the costs of protective measures and the benefits of reduced radiation exposure. In the UK, the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) has been developing a framework for the practical application of cost benefit techniques to aid the evaluation of investments in radiological protection. One such investment, being undertaken at a number of radiotherapy centres, concerns remote after-loading equipment to replace the use of radium in the treatment of gynaecological cancers. The introduction of such equipment can offer a complete solution to the radiological protection problems associated with manual radium insertions but involves large capital expenditures on equipment and shielded treatment rooms. This paper describes a cost benefit analysis of introducing remote after-loading equipment at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute in Manchester. In accordance with the NRPB framework, it is shown that the introduction of after-loading equipment, when housed in appropriately protected rooms, should result in a substantial net benefit and would therefore be justified on radiological protection grounds according to the ALARA principle.
    Citation
    Cost benefit analysis of radiological protection: a case study of remote after-loading in gynaecological radiotherapy. 1983, 56 (670):737-44 Br J Radiol
    Journal
    British Journal of Radiology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/336978
    PubMed ID
    6412787
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0007-1285
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