Talk:Total body irradiation

what
what kind of system can be used to do TBI ? is it with Linac or other natural radiating isotopes ?.

Linac.Jellytussle 08:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

nah, good old cobalt 60 is great! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.220.115.35 (talk) 23:51, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Palliative Treatments
I believe TBI is also commonly used as part of a palliative treatment routine. Can anyone confirm this -87.74.37.70 07:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

You may be mixing TBI up with Total Body Electron Therapy, where the skin of the whole body is treated with electrons, in the palliative treatment of Mycosis Fungoides (for example.) This is not strictly TBI, since the bone marrow is not particularly affected. TBI is a pretty heavy treatment, certainly not used commonly for palliation.Jellytussle 08:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Dubious?
It mentions ">12 Gy" of dose for bone marrow transplant. But I've heard such a dose would be lethal even with very aggressive treatment. So how does anyone survive this? mike4ty4 (talk) 01:50, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Inconsistent
Now the article mentions 1.2 Gy for TBI and then later mentions "lower doses" for immunosupression but quotes 2 Gy. This should be corrected. Akylejones (talk) 20:13, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks like the error was introduced by an IP editor here, about 2 weeks ago. I've fixed it. Unfortunately, I don't think many people (besides me) are watching this page, and I've been stepping back from this site, so it slipped through. Many thanks for catching the error. MastCell Talk 22:01, 20 October 2010 (UTC)