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Measurement of cumulative radiation exposure to children and adolescents in contact with outpatients treated with low dose radioactive iodine (¹³¹I)

• Shereen Wagieh²,
• Aquib Bakhsh¹,
• Tarek Al-Monshy^one,
• Omnia Talaat³,
• Musaed Al-Malki⁴,
• Manal Al-Ezzi¹,
• Ashraf Fouda² &
• Gihad Hamid²

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Abstract

Groundwork

Radiation exposure from patients treated with radioactive iodine (¹³¹I) represents a radiation take a chance to children and adolescents, representing the nearly vulnerable group of household contacts. Our aim was to summate the cumulative radiation exposure (CRE) figures to children and adolescents sharing the same abode with outpatients treated with low-dose ¹³¹I. The secondary aim was to study the demographic and educational factors that may significantly affect radiation exposure to them.

Results

The whole number of household contacts less than 18 years was 99, out of them 49 ≤ 12 years. CRE level to children and adolescents ranged from 79 to 934 uSv. The mean, median, and 75th percentile figures were 284 ± 178 uSv, 215 uSv, and 334 uSv, respectively. The compliance of this group of contacts to radiation exposure constraint (ane mSv) was 100%. All CRE values were below this figure with 75% of them below half of this constraint. Thirteen adolescents from 12 to eighteen years and 17 mothers of 23 household contacts ≤ 12 years got radiations safety instructions (RSI) directly from a radiations safety officer (RSO). This grouping had a significantly lower mean CRE value (184 ± 93 uSv) compared to those who got RSI from the patient or from other family members (298 ± 185 uSv) with a meaning p value.

Conclusion

The compliance of adolescents and children to the 1-mSv radiation exposure constraint is 100%. It is advised for adolescents and mothers of children in contact with ¹³¹I-treated patients to get direct RSI from the RSO, which is the only factor associated with significantly lower radiations exposure figures.

Background

Radioactive iodine (¹³¹I) therapy is a widely employed therapeutic modality for patients with Graves' disease, toxic nodular disease, and well-differentiated thyroid cancer either for postoperative ablation or for treatment of metastatic disease. It has been proven to exist a safe and relatively inexpensive therapy. Therapeutic doses of ¹³¹I usually range from 100 to 7400 MBq. The lower action is used for the treatment of toxic goiter, and college doses are employed to treat metastatic disease in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. The use of higher doses usually requires hospitalization in a special isolation room for few days, and xxx mCi (1110 MBq) was reported every bit the highest low ¹³¹I dose approved for outpatient therapy in many countries. Information technology is considered the maximum permissible radioactivity for convalescent treatment. Afterwards ¹³¹I therapy, the patient becomes a potential radiation hazard to other individuals including household contacts [1, 2].

There is a common agreement of 1 mSv/year dose constraint of radiation exposure from patients treated with ¹³¹I to children and adolescents between different associations concerned with radiation protection [iii, 4]. The smaller constraint for children and young adults is due to the fact that the risk of cancer incidence is the highest at a younger age after exposure to radiation [5, 6]. Ionizing radiation is a well-known carcinogen to which children are particularly more vulnerable due to greater jail cell sectionalisation in growing and developing tissues with an expected longer lifetime, increasing the adventure of repeated exposure and accumulated damage, with resultant higher cancer risk for children [7].

Sensation and concerns about radiation exposure to children and adolescents increased essentially after major radiation accidents. A lot of epidemiological studies have investigated the link betwixt the Chernobyl blow and cancer and had largely focused on cancerous diseases in children, specifically thyroid cancer [8,9,x]. Recently, Yamashita et al. [11] reported that radiations exposure post-nuclear accidents resulted in an increment in the chance of late-onset thyroid cancer, mainly due to the release of ¹³¹I in the fallout; this risk was specially elevated in those exposed during infancy, childhood, and adolescence. There are many ways to maximally reduce exposure of children and adolescents to ionizing radiations without sacrificing diagnostic reliability during CT scanning and hybrid imaging [12,13,14,15]. Still, radiation hazards have made clinicians skeptical nigh the handling usage of ¹³¹I in children with Graves' disorders [sixteen, 17] despite some reports confirming the prophylactic of this therapeutic modality in young age [18, 19].

Many studies have been published to measure radiations exposure to household contacts of patients treated with ¹³¹I. They confirmed proper compliance with radiation exposure constraints. Notwithstanding, few studies about this issue have been conducted in the Middle Eastward. To our knowledge, this is the commencement study in the Middle East concerned with the measurement of radiation exposure to children and adolescents sharing the same home with outpatients treated with low-dose ¹³¹I.

Aim

Our written report aimed at measuring the external cumulative radiation exposure (CRE) in the post-therapy period to children and adolescents who shared the same home with patients treated with low-dose ¹³¹I on an outpatient basis in the post-therapy menses and their compliance to radiation exposure constraint. The secondary aim was to search for any demographic or educational factor that may affect radiation exposure to this vulnerable group of contacts.

Methods

The electric current report was conducted after submission to and approving by the institutional ethics committee and IRB commission. Our study was a prospective study conducted from May 2015 to August 2018 on children and adolescents of well-oriented self-dependent adult patients referred for low-dose (≤ 30 mCi) radioactive iodine therapy on an outpatient basis. The maximum low ¹³¹I dose that can be given on an outpatient basis in many centers including ours is 1110 MBq (30 mCi), on giving higher activity hospitalization in a special isolation room becomes a must. Patients presented for low-dose ¹³¹I therapy (< thirty mCi) either for the treatment of toxic goiter or for postoperative ablation in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer. The prescribed dose for those with toxic goiter ranged from 370 to 740 MBq (x–xx mCi), while for postoperative ablation in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer, the dose was 1110 MBq (xxx mCi).

The home requirements needed were the presence of a divide bedroom and bathroom to be used by the patient simply for few days post-therapy. Too, no pregnant ladies should exist in the household area at least 5 days post-therapy together with the willingness of both the patient and all contacts to precisely follow the given radiation rubber instructions. The report included two visits.

First visit

Radiation safety instructions (RSI) were given in details to the patient by the radiation safe officer (RSO). Also, the aim of the study was explained to the patient including measuring external CRE to children and adolescents in the get-go v days mail-¹³¹I intake using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs). The most important instruction for patients is to restrict contact fourth dimension with household contacts, especially children and adolescents. The patient should employ a split bathroom and bedchamber for a variable flow of time, ranging from 1 to 2 weeks, depending on his/her clinical status whether toxic goiter or cancer thyroid and on the given ¹³¹I dose. If the patient is a nursing adult female, she should stop breastfeeding post-therapy for her current lactation episode. Female patients in the childbearing period should have a negative pregnancy test prior to therapy, and they have to avert pregnancy for 6 months to one twelvemonth afterward receiving ¹³¹I therapy. Also, patients should use separate dining tools that should exist cleaned separately. Instructions for personal hygiene are likewise of import with urination in the sitting position for men and toilets have to be flushed three times after use with proper hand wash after coming from the bathroom. Everything related to patients from linens, cloth, and towels have to exist washed separately for 1 week. The RSO highlighted the importance of keeping enough distance between patients' aid companion and the patient during returning home, transportation, and during daily contact. The altitude should be kept at least one to ane and a one-half meters from the patient for a restricted menstruum of time. The more than the altitude and the less the time of household contact with the patient, the more the reduction of radiation exposure. This is more important for children and adolescents especially in the first week post-therapy to reduce radiation exposure and to accomplish the every bit depression every bit reasonably doable (ALARA) principle. Further instructions included taking time off from work, restrict the utilise of public transportation, and avoiding intercourse for variable periods of time, ranging from one to 2 weeks, according to different factors including the type of work, the dose given to the patient, and the underlying affliction. By the end of this meeting, the participant and his/her family member/south confirmed their understanding of all given instructions and the power to transfer them to the residual of the family unit members. For patients who agreed to participate in the study, a consent form was signed. The purpose of using the TLDs to measure CRE together with how and when to exist applied was conspicuously understood. By the end of this visit, a hard re-create of RSI was given to be discussed with family unit members. The patient was scheduled for a second visit for ¹³¹I therapy. Also, upon agreement to join the study, the patients were asked to be accompanied by one or more of their family members in the 2d visit for direct educational activity near RSI, preferably adolescents or mothers of children below 12 years living with the patient in the same business firm.

Second visit

The patient presented to the nuclear medicine unit for ¹³¹I therapy, RSI were explained to the patient and accompanied household contact/s in details with answering all raised questions in a simple manner. By the end of this visit, the participant and accompanied contact/s confirmed their agreement of all given instructions and ability to transfer RSI accurately to the rest of household contacts including adolescents and children's mothers. The purpose of using TLDs together with how and when to be applied was likewise clearly explained with the assurance of understanding all aspects concerned with TLDs. The participant and contact/south were given another printed copy of the instructions to be strictly followed. TLDs were dispensed in sufficient quantity for children and adolescents living in the same household. Past the end of this visit, radioactive iodine therapy was given. Post-¹³¹I therapy, the patient was sent back dwelling in a separate private transportation other than that of accompanied household contact/s, with special precautions for reducing radiation exposure to the driver. On the fifth 24-hour interval mail service-¹³¹I therapy, TLDs were collected. A questionnaire including information about the number of household children and adolescents, who was helping more and spending more fourth dimension with the patient and their relation to the patient, socioeconomic condition, and level of educational activity were also collected. The readings of the nerveless TLDs were done in the Ministry of Health at Personal Radiation Dosage Program at Radiation Protection Section in Riyadh by using the TLD reader. All patients were assured of the complete confidentiality of all study data and that they will be informed about any detected radiation overexposure.

Statistical analysis

Statistical analysis was carried out on STATA version 13. Numeric variables were presented as the mean and standard divergence or the median and quartiles. Numeric variables were compared between two groups past the Student t exam if data were normally distributed and by the Mann-Whitney test if non. Data from more than than two groups were compared past ANOVA if usually distributed and by Kruskal-Wallis test if non. Categorical variables were presented equally percentages and were compared by chi-square test. For comparisons, a two-sided p value was set at 0.05.

Results

The current study included 39 patients treated with low-dose ¹³¹I on an outpatient footing. Patients' criteria and given ¹³¹I dose are shown in Table 1. Seventy-seven percent of patients were females and 59% of patients received ¹³¹I for postoperative ablation post-total thyroidectomy for well-differentiated thyroid cancer. No statistically significant difference between education levels of thyrotoxic and cancer thyroid patients was detected. The given ¹³¹I dose for the latter group was significantly higher compared to the dose given to thyrotoxic patients.

Table ane Characteristics and ¹³¹I dose of treated patients included in the study

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The included 39 patients had 99 contacts sharing the same home in the post-therapy menses aged < xviii years, including 49 children up to 12 years of age. The criteria for those contacts are shown in Table two. Among them, seventy% were sons and daughters of patients. Only 13 adolescents (age 12–18 years) (26%) and 17 mothers of 23 children (historic period < 12 years) (46.ix%) received straight RSI from RSO, while the remaining adolescents and mothers of young children got these RSI from the patient or from some other family fellow member. The mean CRE for the whole group was 284 ± 178 uSv, with a range from 79 to 934 uSv and 75th percentile of 334 uSv.

Tabular array 2 Characteristics and TLD readings of contacts of patients treated with ¹³¹I

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Age and gender of patients had no significant effects on CRE figures of the group of children and adolescents. Likewise, the patient pedagogy level had a non-significant effect on CRE to this grouping of contacts; yet, the lowest CRE were establish in the five contacts of patients who got a post-graduate didactics with a mean value less than the hateful CRE of all others (Tables iii and four).

Table iii A comparison of CRE readings according to binary characteristics of patients

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Table 4 A comparison of CRE readings co-ordinate to patient'south educational level

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Historic period, gender, and relation to the patient of household contacts were statistically insignificant in correlation with their CRE (p > 0.05). The sole factor that proved to take a significant correlation with CRE was for adolescents and children of mothers who attended direct RSI sessions from RSO. Those who attended those sessions had significantly lower CRE compared to adolescents and children of mothers who got RSI from the patient or from some other family unit member, with a mean value of 184 ± 93 uSv and 298 ± 185 uSv, respectively (p = 0.038) (Table 5).

Table 5 A comparison of CRE readings co-ordinate to patient and contact characters

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Discussion

Patients with thyroid disorders treated with ¹³¹I represent radiations hazard to household contacts including caregivers and family members. Many studies reported that no radiations overexposure was reported if RSI were practical strictly with radiation exposure figures within the radiation exposure constraints [20,21,22]. Few studies are there dealing with radiation exposure to children and adolescents sharing the aforementioned home with the patient in the post-¹³¹I therapy catamenia [23,24,25,26]. In the electric current study, nosotros were concerned with external radiation exposure to this vulnerable grouping of children and adolescents. In our report, CRE to all children and adolescents were less than the ane mSv constraint, and 75% of them had CRE below 50% of this constraint. No statistically significant difference in CRE of children between contacts of patients treated with ¹³¹I for toxic goiter and those treated for cancer thyroid.

It was reported by Barrington et al. [25] that about 90% of children, contacts to patients treated with ¹³¹I were within the 1-mSv dose limit. They ended that hyperthyroid patients tin be treated with ¹³¹I on an outpatient basis, if they were given appropriate radiations protection instructions; all the same, they enhance the point that a special concern should be given to children aged less than 3 years, every bit 6/17 of them had exceeded CRE of 1 mSv limit. In our report, we had only half-dozen children less than 3 years with CRE figures ranged from 0.079 to 0.571 mSv, with an overall 100% compliance for the constraint of i mSv.

On the other paw, Mathieu et al. [27] reported a median CRE of children who were household contacts of thyrotoxic patients treated with ¹³¹I was 0.13 mSv (xviii outpatients received 200–600 MBq) with 88% received less than the constraint of 0.v mSv compared to 100% of thyroid cancer patients' relatives group (22 outpatients received 3700–7400 MBq). ¹³¹I memory in the thyroid gland in thyrotoxic patients was defendant for this difference, suggesting the demand of more extended and stringent brake periods co-ordinate to the degree of balance thyroid activeness. In our study, only 23 of the contacts exceeded the limit of 0.v mSv with CRE in the range from 0.five to 0.934 mSv, which was still lower than the constraint of 1 mSv; out of these contacts, 11 were contacts of hyperthyroid patients. The compliance to 0.five mSv constraint in our report was 77% and 80.8% for contacts of hyperthyroid patients and thyroid cancer patients, respectively. In the current study, at that place are comparable values for this compliance together with insignificant difference in CRE figures betwixt contacts of those with toxic goiter and those with well-differentiated thyroid cancer despite the significantly higher doses of ¹³¹I given in the latter group. This is attributed to more ¹³¹I retentiveness in the intact thyroid gland in those with toxic goiter compared to piffling tracer retentivity by the small postoperative residual thyroid tissue in patients with thyroid cancer. This difference in tracer retentivity appears to compensate for the pregnant departure in the dose given and defendant for the comparable exposure figures of contacts of both groups.

Few studies reported radiation overexposure to children who are household contacts of ¹³¹I-treated patients. Molyvda-Athanasopoulou et al. [26] reported an outpatient who got ¹³¹I therapy (592 MBq) for her hyperthyroid state. They found that this patient had a 12-year-old girl who received 7.79 mSv during the first 7 days post-therapy catamenia. It was reported to exist unexpected for a kid in this age, who is able to understand and comply with given radiation safe precautions, to accept such loftier radiation exposure figure. They suggested that in the presence of children in the house, it is ameliorate to leave the firm for at least a week if possible, but if this cannot be washed due to social reasons, giving ¹³¹I therapy with hospital admission should be considered [26]. Also, although Cappelen et al. [21] reported exposure figures below the 1-mSv constraint, they reported an overexposure to a two-twelvemonth-one-time child whose mother did not comply with the given radiation safety precautions. Besides, a recommendation was raised that patients who share the same bedrooms or bathrooms with family members or mothers who are going to exist treated with ¹³¹I and has no i to look after her children in the mail service-therapy period should be treated on an inpatient basis by a study conducted on Omani patients [24]. All previous studies advised appropriate radiation protection precautions to be given with item consideration to instructions for children ≤ 12 years. The same studies support our recommendation of properly giving RSI by RSO to mothers in details. This should be washed specially for the treated mothers, with special emphasis and more than details almost radiation safety precautions regarding their offsprings. Additionally, we have to be certain most their power to comply with these instructions or at least confirming the presence of somebody else who can care for their child in the few days post-outpatient ¹³¹I therapy. Otherwise, if this is non feasible, we agree with other reports as regards the recommendation of giving depression-dose ¹³¹I therapy on an inpatient basis to avert radiation overexposure to children and adolescents.

Patients and contact factors such as age and gender together with patients' educational level likewise every bit the relation of the contact to the patient had no statistically significant correlation with CRE (p values > 0.05). This goes with what was previously reported by Kuo et al. [28] stating that no factor (e.g., age, sexual practice, renal office, and others) had a significant clan with radiation exposure to household family unit members unless they were in close contact with the patient for a long fourth dimension. Also, our results are in agreement with what was stated by Martin et al. [29] who confirmed the absence of a significant correlation between household contacts radiation exposure and patient education level.

It was institute that adolescents and children of mothers who attended directly RSI sessions given past the RSO had significantly lower CRE figures. This emphasizes the value of getting RSI teaching directly from qualified professionals. The attendance of these pedagogy sessions by both patients and contacts is recommended, beingness associated with a pregnant reduction in CRE figures and more chiefly ensuring the ability to comply with these instructions and to apply them strictly in the proper mode. These recommendations are in agreement with other reports emphasizing the value of RSI and their proper awarding [24, 30].

Conclusion

Radiation exposure to all children and adolescents who are household contacts of outpatients treated with depression-dose ¹³¹I is below the radiations exposure constraint of 1 mSv with 75% of them having exposure figures below half of this constraint, raising the compliance to given RSI regarding this vulnerable group of household contacts to 100%. We recommend attending directly RSI education sessions given from qualified professionals by both adolescents and mothers of children who share the aforementioned home with ¹³¹I-treated patients, representing the sole factor that has a significant correlation with lower radiation exposure level.

Availability of information and materials

The data that support the finding of this study are bachelor from the statistical analysis unit in the Research Department in King Abdulla Medical City (KAMC), just restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used nether license for the current study, and so are not publically available. Data are however available upon reasonable asking and with permission of the Research Department in King Abdulla Medical Urban center (KAMC).

Abbreviations

¹³¹I:

Radioactive iodine 131

ALARA:

Equally low every bit reasonably achievable

CRE:

Cumulative radiation exposure

RSI:

Radiation prophylactic instructions

RSO:

Radiation safety officeholder

TLDs:

Thermoluminescent dosimeters

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A lot of gratitude and acknowledgment are offered to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Applied science (www.Kacst.edu.sa) of Kingdom of saudi arabia for its support during this study. This work was done through the fund supplied by the Strategic Technology Programme–the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (grant number # AT-34-431).

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KACST Research Grant (Project No. AT-34-431(. They supplied the thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and covered the price of their readings.

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1. King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC), Makkah, Kingdom of saudi arabia

   Khaled Salman, Aquib Bakhsh, Tarek Al-Monshy & Manal Al-Ezzi

2. Male monarch Abdullah Medical City (KAMC), Jeddah Oncology Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

   Shereen Wagieh, Ashraf Fouda & Gihad Hamid

3. National Cancer Found, Cairo, Egypt

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4. Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of saudi arabia

   Musaed Al-Malki

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KS was responsible for the idea of the study and writing of the manuscript. SW was responsible for the idea of the study, reviewing the patients' medical history, drove and analysis of the data, and writing of the manuscript. AB was responsible for reviewing the patients' medical information, collection and analysis of the data, and writing of the manuscript. TAM was responsible for reviewing the patients' medical history, collection and analysis of the data, and writing of the manuscript. OT was responsible for the drove of the information and writing of the manuscript statistical analysis. MAM was responsible for the reading of TLDs, statistical analysis, and writing of the manuscript. MAE was responsible for giving radiations protection instructions and dispensing and collecting TLDs. AF was responsible for writing the manuscript and collection of the information. GH was responsible for giving radiation protection instructions, dispensing and collecting TLDs, and writing of the manuscript. All authors take read and approved the final manuscript.

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The study was submitted to and canonical past the institutional ideals committee and IRB committee in Rex Abdulla Medical City (KAMC). The IRB number is fourteen-105. The institutional IRB is registered at the national Biomedical Ideals Committee, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology on 14-07-1433H, (Registration number, H-0-2-Chiliad-001).

A written informed consent was obtained from adolescents more than than 16 years and from parents of contacts of patients less than xvi years.

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Consent for publication was signed by all patients. Also, we got consent from contacts included in the report, either from contacts more than 12 years themselves after verbal approval from their parents or from parents of contacts less than 12 years of age. This included an understanding for publication of their data regarding age, gender, household relatives, and radiation exposure figures, providing consummate confidentiality regarding the name and address of included patients or contacts.

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Salman, K., Wagieh, S., Bakhsh, A. et al. Measurement of cumulative radiation exposure to children and adolescents in contact with outpatients treated with low dose radioactive iodine (¹³¹I). J Arab republic of egypt Natl Canc Inst 32, 2 (2020). https://doi.org/x.1186/s43046-019-0013-0

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