Published on: Recommendation
- medical radiation exposure
Combination Effects of Radiotherapy / Drug Treatments for Cancer
Recommendation by the German Commission on Radiological Protection
Adopted at the 264th session of the SSK on 21 October 2013
Abstract
Great progress is being made in the treatment of cancer and leukaemia. A major reason for this is the frequent combining of radiotherapy and drug treatments. However, such combining of therapeutic measures can sometimes lead to highly undesirable side effects. This is becoming an increasing problem.
The German Commission on Radiological Protection was therefore commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) to draw up recommendations to ensure that when administering radiotherapy, and hence when establishing the indication that justifies it, all information about accompanying chemotherapy (before, during and after the radiotherapy) is taken into account.