Dosimetric analysis of the effects of the bladder volume on organs at risk (OAR) in high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy in carcinoma cervix - an institutional study

CONCLUSIONS: A relationship exists between the volume of the OARs and the dose received by them. A bladder volume of about 70 cm3 or less proved better for achieving the prescribed dose limits of bladder, rectum, and sigmoid. The correlations between the bladder volume and the doses received by the OARs were not significant.PMID:29619053 | PMC:PMC5881593 | DOI:10.5114/jcb.2018.74136

Source: Physica Medica - April 6, 2018 Category: Physics Authors: Ashutosh Das Sharma Jyoti Poddar U Suryanarayan K Sonal Patel Shah Ankita Parikh Vimesh Mehta Med Phys Tarun Kumar Med Phys Source Type: research