The Level of Europium-154 Contaminating Samarium-153-EDTMP Activates the Radiation Alarm System at the US Homeland Security Checkpoints

Autor: Mohammed Najeeb Al Hallak, Matt McCurdy, Nicolas Zouain, Justin Hayes

Publikováno v: Case Reports in Oncology, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 157-161 (2009)

153Sm-EDTMP is a radiopharmaceutical composed of EDTMP (ethylenediamine-tetramethylenephosphonate) and Samarium-153 [1]. 153Sm-EDTMP has an affinity for skeletal tissue and concentrates in areas with increased bone turnover; thus, it is successfully

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Management of patients with high-risk and advanced prostate cancer in the Middle East: resource-stratified consensus recommendations

Autor: Hero K. Hussain, H. Dbouk, Khaled Ibrahim, Bassel G. Bachir, Walid Alameh, Rami Nasr, Christelle Dagher, Saad Al Dousari, Clement El Khoury, Wassim Wazzan, Ali Shamseddine, Khaled Sayyid, Raja Ashou, Yousuf Al Hallaq, Danny M. Rabah, Georges Assaf, Mohammad Haidar, Michel Jabbour, Fadi Farhat, George Farha, F. Geara, Silke Gillessen, Sally Temraz, Aurelius Omlin, Ghazi Sakr, Deborah Mukherji, Sami Faddoul, Hassan Ghazal, Elie Nemer, Bassem Youssef, Nicolas Zouain, Muhammad Bulbul, Albert El-Hajj, Nizar Bitar, Nibras Al Hamdani, Fadi Abbas, Rabih Said, Raja B. Khauli

Publikováno v: World Journal of Urology
Mukherji, D, Youssef, B, Dagher, C, El-Hajj, A, Nasr, R, Geara, F, Rabah, D, Al Dousari, S, Said, R, Ashou, R, Wazzan, W, Jabbour, M, Farha, G, Al Hamdani, N, Al Hallaq, Y, Ghazal, H, Dbouk, H, Bachir, B, El Khoury, C, Sakr, G, Hussain, H K, Sayyid, K, Ibrahim, K, Haidar, M, Zouain, N, Bitar, N, Alameh, W, Abbas, F, Faddoul, S, Nemer, E, Assaf, G, Farhat, F, Bulbul, M, Temraz, S, Shamseddine, A, Gillessen, S, Omlin, A & Khauli, R 2019, ' Management of patients with high-risk and advanced prostate cancer in the Middle East : resource-stratified consensus recommendations ', World Journal of Urology . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-019-02872-x
Mukherji, Deborah; Youssef, Bassem; Dagher, Christelle; El-Hajj, Albert; Nasr, Rami; Geara, Fadi; Rabah, Danny; Al Dousari, Saad; Said, Rabih; Ashou, Raja; Wazzan, Wassim; Jabbour, Michel; Farha, George; Al Hamdani, Nibras; Al Hallaq, Yousuf; Ghazal, Hassan; Dbouk, Haifa; Bachir, Bassel; El Khoury, Clement; Sakr, Ghazi; ... (2020). Management of patients with high-risk and advanced prostate cancer in the Middle East: resource-stratified consensus recommendations. World journal of urology, 38(3), pp. 681-693. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00345-019-02872-x

Purpose Prostate cancer care in the Middle East is highly variable and access to specialist multidisciplinary management is limited. Academic tertiary referral centers offer cutting-edge diagnosis and treatment; however, in many parts of the region,

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31297628

DETECTION OF 154EU IN PATIENTS POST 153SM-EDTMP THERAPY USING A CLINICAL GAMMA CAMERA

Autor: Nicolas Zouain, John Pfund, Justin J. Hayes

Publikováno v: Health Physics. 98:537-541

Enhancements in radiation detection equipment at border crossings and airports resulted in a report to our institution from a Sm-EDTMP therapy patient who was questioned after triggering radiation alarms. Using a clinical SPECT camera in its service

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https://doi.org/10.1097/hp.0b013e3181be3610

[18F]-FDG uptake dose-response correlates with radiation pneumonitis in lung cancer patients

Autor: Josue G. Martinez, Jessica Lichter, Thomas Guerrero, Nicolas Zouain, Mohammad Najeeb Al Hallack, Matthew R. McCurdy, Richard Castillo

Publikováno v: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. 104(1)

Purpose: To quantify the post-radiotherapy 2-[ 18 F]-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) pulmonary uptake dose–response in lung cancer patients and determine its relationship with radiation pneumonitis symptoms. Methods and materials: The data from 24 pati

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22578806

Weight-Based Protocols Offer Significant Reduction in Radiation Dose Without Affecting PET-CT Image Quality.

Autor: Saade C; Charbel Saade, PhD, works for University College Cork, Ireland., Dib Nehme R; Ryan Dib Nehme, BS, is a medical student at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon., Zouain N; Nicolas Zouain, MD, works for Clemenceau Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon.

Publikováno v: Radiologic technology [Radiol Technol] 2022 Sep; Vol. 94 (1), pp. 24-33.