… through the patient, these devices are affected by patient position, movements, and anatomical
changes. Transmission detectors positioned between the LINAC gantry and the patient, …

… Patient safety in external beam radiotherapy, results of the ACCIRAD project: Recommendations
for radiotherapy institutions and national authorities on assessing risks and analysing …

… areas, we present here a description of Project El Cuete, an ongoing collaborative research
… Project El Cuete is a three-phase research project funded primarily by the National Institute …

… ) has projects among its member States including Ghana that seeks to strengthen radiological
protection of patients; … 2014) and irradiation accidents (ACCIRAD), and is limited to the …

… errors at all levels of the RT workflow, endangering safety and thereby compromising
treatment outcomes. The number of patients and the complexity of the case mix dictate working …

… or ACCIRAD, but most clinics only keep records of their own hospital data and most radiation
effects occur after months of initial treatment (8). There currently is no regulated system that …

Objective. To improve our knowledge about the biological effects of over exposures involving
low-energy x-rays, we developed and characterized a preclinical mouse model allowing to …

… The majority of cancer patients that receive radiation therapy show some form radiation
dermatitis … Erythema is the first visible sign of radiation dermatitis seen in 90% of these patients …

… Safety and quality in radiotherapy … This house believes that the strong focus on radiation
protection and safety is delaying / hampering introduction of new technologies / treatment …

This article discusses the emerging risk caused by exposure to radioactivity, in particular, low
doses of radioactive elements. More in depth, the article offers an original point of view of …