ABSTRACT
Theorectical Background to Radiation Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233
Mike Rosenbloom
Chapter 60
Radiation Protection Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1245
Mike Rosenbloom and Philip Mayles
Chapter 61
Practical Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1257
Mike Rosenbloom (with Philip Mayles)
Appendix L
Radiation Protection Regulation in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285
Philip Mayles (with Mike Rosenbloom)
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1297
In considering radiation protection for radiotherapy, a balance must be achieved between
mitigating risk and the cost of the measures required to do so. To assess this, an understanding
of the risks associated with radiation treatment is required, and this is the subject of Chapter 59.
