RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 71-75.

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Investigation and analysis on frequency of clinical nuclear medicine andradiotherapy in Hunan province in 2016

PENG Junzhe, LI Zhichun, TAN Xiong, CHEN Donghui, XU Zhiyong, ZHU Guozhen   

  1. Department of Radiation Protection, Hunan Prevention and Treatment Institute for Occupational Disease, Changsha 410007
  • Received:2019-09-25 Online:2021-01-20 Published:2021-03-15

Abstract: To study the basic status and the frequency of clinical nuclear medicine and radiotherapy in Hunan province, general survey and sampling survey were conducted. We had investigated the basic situation of all medical institutions of clinic nuclear medicine and radiotherapy in Hunan, and had investigated the frequency of gender, age and type of diagnosis and treatment in the sampled medical institutions. The frequency of clinical nuclear medicine diagnostic and treatment were 1.37 and 0.139 per 1 000 population respectively. The frequency of radiotherapy was 0.412 per 1 000 population. The frequency of clinical nuclear medicine and radiotherapy in Hunan province has increased significantly since 1998, which was a sustained growth with the development of society. It is necessary to pay attention to the radiation protection of patients and staff as well as the quality control of diagnosis and treatment.

Key words: nuclear medicine, radiotherapy, frequency

CLC Number: 

  • R14