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Practical recommendations for radium-223 treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
is the first targeted alpha therapy for patients with castration resistant prostate cancer and symptomatic bone metastases.
Radium-223 provides a new treatment option for this setting, but also necessitates a new treatment management approach.
We provide straightforward and practical recommendations for European nuclear medicine centres to optimize radium-223 service provision.
Methods An independent research consultancy agency observed radium-223 procedures and conducted interviews with all key staff members involved in radium-223 treatment delivery in 11 nuclear medicine centres across six countries (Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK) experienced in administering radium-223. The findings
were collated and discussed at a meeting of experts from these centres, during which key consensus recommendations were defined. Results The recommendations cover centre organization and preparation; patient referral; radium-223 ordering, preparation and disposal; radium-223 treatment delivery/administration; and patient experience. Guidance includes structured coordination and communication within centres and multidisciplinary teams, focusing on sharing best practice to provide high quality, patient-centred care throughout the treatment
pathway.
Conclusions These expert recommendations are intended to complement existing management guidelines. Sharing best practice and experience will help nuclear medicine centres to optimize radium-223 service provision and improve patient care
Untersuchungen zur Moeglichkeit der Reduzierung von Fegedampfverlusten bei der thermischen Entgasung von Kesselspeisewasser Abschlussbericht
SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: F02B585 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDeutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Osnabrueck (Germany)DEGerman
Practical recommendations for radium-223 treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Radium Ra 223 dichloride (radium-223, Xofigo®) is the first targeted alpha therapy for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and symptomatic bone metastases. Radium-223 provides a new treatment option for this setting, but also necessitates a new treatment management approach. We provide straightforward and practical recommendations for European nuclear medicine centres to optimize radium-223 service provision. An independent research consultancy agency observed radium-223 procedures and conducted interviews with all key staff members involved in radium-223 treatment delivery in 11 nuclear medicine centres across six countries (Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK) experienced in administering radium-223. The findings were collated and discussed at a meeting of experts from these centres, during which key consensus recommendations were defined. The recommendations cover centre organization and preparation; patient referral; radium-223 ordering, preparation and disposal; radium-223 treatment delivery/administration; and patient experience. Guidance includes structured coordination and communication within centres and multidisciplinary teams, focusing on sharing best practice to provide high-quality, patient-centred care throughout the treatment pathway. These expert recommendations are intended to complement existing management guidelines. Sharing best practice and experience will help nuclear medicine centres to optimize radium-223 service provision and improve patient care
Practical recommendations for radium-223 treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
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Through-air bonding is one of the thermal methods of bonding fibres in the production
of non-woven webs. A computational study of the formation of bond point between
two bicomponent fibres during the through-air bonding process is reported in this paper. The
computational method involves solving the Navier–Stokes equations for two-phase flows of air
and molten polymer in a three-dimensional configuration. The heating, melting, and bonding of
fibres are modelled by the volume of fluid model together with a melting model. The simulated
results show the formation of the bond between two fibres in contact and the change of shape of
the bond with time at different bonding temperatures. The computation shows that the rate of
bonding increases slightly at higher temperature