Journal article
Breast Skin Doses from Brachytherapy Using MammoSite® HDR, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, and Tangential Fields Techniques
Technology in cancer research & treatment, v 6(1), pp 17-22
01 Feb 2007
PMID: 17241096
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Abstract
Skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite® HDR, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and conventional tangential fields techniques were compared. For each treatment technique, skin doses were measured using paired thermoluminescent dosimeters placed on the patient's skin: (i) directly above the balloon catheter during MammoSite® HDR brachytherapy treatments and (ii) 4 cm inside the treatment borders during the IMRT and conventional breast treatments. The mean dose measured was about 58% of the prescription dose for the patients treated using the MammoSite® technique. On the other hand, for patients treated with IMRT and tangential fields, the mean dose was found to be about 69% and 71% of the corresponding prescription dose. This study suggests that in breast cancer radiation treatments the MammoSite® HDR technique reduces skin doses compared to IMRT and tangential field techniques.
PACS numbers: 87.53.Jw, 87.53.Xd, 87.66.Sq
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- Title
- Breast Skin Doses from Brachytherapy Using MammoSite® HDR, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, and Tangential Fields Techniques
- Creators
- Raj N Selvaraj - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterAjay Bhatnagar - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterSushil Beriwal - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterM. Saiful Huq - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterDwight E. Heron - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterDebbie Sonnik - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterEdward Brandner - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterRobert Surgent - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterRobert Mogus - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterMelvin Deutsch - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterKristina Gerszten - UPMC Hillman Cancer CenterAndrew Wu - Thomas Jefferson UniversityShalom Kalnicki - Montefiore Medical CenterNing J. Yue - Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyCheng B. Saw - UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
- Publication Details
- Technology in cancer research & treatment, v 6(1), pp 17-22
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000244732600003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33847700144
- Other Identifier
- 991021897276604721
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