Colorado Associates in Medical Physics, Denver, Colorado, USA.
University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Feb;25(2):e14157. doi: 10.1002/acm2.14157. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
Radioembolization using Yttrium-90 ( Y) microspheres is widely used to treat primary and metastatic liver tumors. The present work provides minimum practice guidelines for establishing and supporting such a program. Medical physicists play a key role in patient and staff safety during these procedures. Products currently available are identified and their properties and suppliers summarized. Appropriateness for use is the domain of the treating physician. Patient work up starts with pre-treatment imaging. First, a mapping study using Technetium-99 (Tc-99 ) is carried out to quantify the lung shunt fraction (LSF) and to characterize the vascular supply of the liver. An MRI, CT, or a PET-CT scan is used to obtain information on the tumor burden. The tumor volume, LSF, tumor histology, and other pertinent patient characteristics are used to decide the type and quantity of Y to be ordered. On the day of treatment, the appropriate dose is assayed using a dose calibrator with a calibration traceable to a national standard. In the treatment suite, the care team led by an interventional radiologist delivers the dose using real-time image guidance. The treatment suite is posted as a radioactive area during the procedure and staff wear radiation dosimeters. The treatment room, patient, and staff are surveyed post-procedure. The dose delivered to the patient is determined from the ratio of pre-treatment and residual waste exposure rate measurements. Establishing such a treatment modality is a major undertaking requiring an institutional radioactive materials license amendment complying with appropriate federal and state radiation regulations and appropriate staff training commensurate with their respective role and function in the planning and delivery of the procedure. Training, documentation, and areas for potential failure modes are identified and guidance is provided to ameliorate them.
钇-90(Y)微球放射性栓塞广泛用于治疗原发性和转移性肝肿瘤。本工作为建立和支持此类计划提供了最低实践指南。在这些程序中,医学物理学家在患者和工作人员的安全方面发挥着关键作用。目前可提供的产品及其特性和供应商进行了总结。使用的适宜性是治疗医生的领域。患者准备工作从治疗前的影像学检查开始。首先,使用锝-99(Tc-99)进行示踪研究,以量化肺分流分数(LSF)并对肝脏的血管供应进行特征描述。使用 MRI、CT 或 PET-CT 扫描来获取肿瘤负荷的信息。肿瘤体积、LSF、肿瘤组织学和其他相关患者特征用于决定订购的 Y 类型和数量。在治疗当天,使用剂量校准器进行适当剂量的测定,该剂量校准器的校准可追溯到国家标准。在治疗套房中,由介入放射科医生领导的护理团队使用实时图像引导来提供剂量。在治疗过程中,治疗套房被标记为放射性区域,工作人员佩戴辐射剂量计。在治疗后对治疗室、患者和工作人员进行测量。从治疗前和残留废物暴露率测量的比值确定给予患者的剂量。建立这种治疗模式是一项重大任务,需要机构放射性材料许可证的修订,以符合适当的联邦和州辐射法规以及与他们在计划和提供程序中的角色和功能相称的适当员工培训。确定了培训、文件和潜在失效模式的领域,并提供了指导以减轻这些问题。
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