ESTRO Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer 2018

After considering and calculating the activity remaining in the patient’s ashes and the potential airborne release, • The ICRP considered that : • « Cremation can be allowed… if 12 months have elapsed since an implantation performed with 125 I ( 3 months for 103 Pd )… » • However, it must be kept in mind that some national authorities ( UK , France) selecting worse-case scenarios and using different types of calculations are recommending much longer times … ( up to 3 years for 125 I ) »