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The dose of the backscattered photons from a concrete wall was measured for various scattering angles. The dose was also calculated by the FLUKA and EGSnrc Monte Carlo codes. The FLUKA code was also used to simulate an existing radiotherapy room to study the effect of multiple scattering when adding lead to cover the concrete walls of the maze. Monoenergetic photons were used to represent the main components of the x ray spectrum up to 10 MV.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was observed that when the concrete wall was covered with just 2 mm of lead, the measured dose rate at all backscattering angles was reduced by 20% for photons of energy comparable to Co\u201060 emissions and 70% for Cs\u2010137 emissions. The simulations with FLUKA and EGS showed that the reduction in the dose was potentially even higher when lead was added. 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