Aim of the study - Evaluate the activity incorporated by the caregivers of the patients undergoing thyroid cancer (TC) therapy with iodine-131 (131I), based on the amount of 131I excreted in the urine.
Aim of the study - The aim is to quantify the personal equivalent dose Hp(10) of the family members (FMs) of patients submitted to iodine-131 therapy (RAIT): thyroid cancer (TC) or benign thyroid diseases (BTD) and compare Hp(10) values of children and adults.
Objectives: In 2009-2010 a Portuguese consortium was created to implement the methodologies proposed by the Dose Datamed II (DDM2) project, aiming to collect data from diagnostic X-ray and nuclear medicine (NM) procedures, in order to determine the most frequently prescribed exams and the associated ionizing radiation doses for the Portuguese population. The current study is the continuation of this work, altho...