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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) Update on radiation protection of the thyroid gland
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Vol. 43. Issue 4.
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Update on radiation protection of the thyroid gland

Actualización sobre la protección radiológica de la glándula tiroides
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M. Negrea, S. Agramuntb, N. Ferrana, P. Paredesc,d,
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a Servicio de Medicina Nuclear IDI-Girona, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
b Servicio de Protección Radiológica, ICO Girona, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
c Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
d Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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In recent years, concern about the effects of ionizing radiation on exposed individuals has led to the need to regulate and quantify the use of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. Geopolitical events in recent times have also increased the population's perception of insecurity regarding ionizing radiation, and we increasingly face patients reluctant to undergo certain types of scans in our nuclear medicine services and, albeit less frequently, in radiology services. This article aims to summarise the extent to which ionizing radiation is present in our daily lives and how diagnostic and therapeutic procedures can affect our health, particularly from the perspective of their effects on the thyroid gland, one of the body's most radiation-sensitive organs.

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Radiation protection
Thyroid cancer
Nuclear accident
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En los últimos años, la preocupación sobre los efectos que la radiación ionizante ejerce sobre las personas expuestas ha obligado a regular y cuantificar el uso de las técnicas diagnósticas y terapéuticas. Los acontecimientos geopolíticos de los últimos tiempos han incrementado también la percepción de inseguridad de la población en relación con la radiación ionizante y cada vez más nos encontramos con pacientes reacios a realizar según qué tipo de exploraciones en nuestros servicios de medicina nuclear y, aunque de forma menos frecuente, en los servicios de radiología. Este artículo pretende resumir hasta qué punto la radiación ionizante está presente en nuestra vida cotidiana y en como los procedimientos diagnósticos y terapéuticos pueden influir en nuestra salud, sobre todo desde el punto de vista de los efectos sobre la glándula tiroides, uno de los órganos más radiosensibles del organismo.

Palabras clave:
Protección radiológica
Cáncer de tiroides
Accidente nuclear

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