There is substantial variation of the normal anatomy of the breast among individuals and
within an individual at different stages of life. Specific changes occur with puberty, the …

The amount of radioactivity excreted in breast milk following administration of 11 different
radiopharmaceuticals, including technetium-99m labelled microspheres, pyrophosphate …

RESULTS Figure 1 shows the fraction of administered activity that was present per milliliter
of breast milk as a function of time after administration ofthe radiopharmaceuticals. The …

Purpose To review early recommendations and propose guidelines for breastfeeding
interruption after administration of radiopharmaceuticals, based on additional biokinetic and …

The fraction of injected activity that was excreted through the breast milk of nursing mothers
at different times after the injection of various radiopharmaceuticals has been measured in …

A general method is given to quantify the radioactivity ingested by a breast-fed infant
following maternal radiopharmaceutical administration, and to derive the period to interrupt …

Drug excretion into milk may be accomplished by binding to milk protein or to the milk fat
globule surface or by being trapped within the milk fat globule. The most important …

Abstract 2 nursing mothers were given 131I-labelled macroaggregated human serum
albumin for a lung scan. Peak 131I level in milk occurred after about 24 h, and was 10 X …

RESULTS The results are summarized in Figure 1and Table 2. This table also includes
previously published data from other centers for comparison (1, 2, 4— 7). The percentage …

Methods: We performed a retrospectivereview of the radioiodine scans and medical records
of 30 prospectively collected cases. Results: Twenty-three nonpregnant patients had …