Commentary on: “Occupational radiation exposure of medical staff performing ⁹⁰Y-loaded microsphere radioembolization”

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Within 1 year of the discovery of radiation, 1896, the three basic tenets of practical radiological protection – time, distance, and shielding – had been established by an American engineer Wolfram Fuchs [1]. However, it was not until 1928 that an international group was established to consolidate guidance on radiological protection. Today, that group is known as the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). Among the latest ICRP reports dealing with radiological protection in medicine will be a report on occupational protection in brachytherapy, due to be released in early 2016. Unfortunately, the latest draft of this report did not include radioembolization treatment with ⁹⁰Y microspheres. Despite being in clinical use since 2001, extensive research on occupational exposure has not been presented until now by Garin’s research group. …