Method to assess the need for re-planning HDR brachytherapy tandem and ring treatments
High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy procedures for cervical cancer require multiple applicator insertions for multiple (typically 5) fractions of a single plan, which carries a risk for variability in applicator position between fractions. Due to applicator displacement relative to patient anatomy, the dose to nearby organs-at-risk (OARs) may vary significantly from one fraction to the next. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of changes in HDR tandem and ring (T&R) applicator position on doses to nearby OARs and to present a quick and simple method to estimate doses to OARs inter-fractionally without having to perform a re-plan.
Source: Medical Dosimetry - Category: Radiology Authors: Tara Gray, Sheen Cherian, Sudha Amarnath, Bingqi Guo, Ping Xia, Allan Wilkinson Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
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