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Kapp, KS; Stuecklschweiger, GF; Kapp, DS; Hackl, AG.
Dosimetry of intracavitary placements for uterine and cervical carcinoma: results of orthogonal film, TLD, and CT-assisted techniques.
Radiother Oncol. 1992; 24(3):137-146
Doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(92)90372-2
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- Kapp Karin S.
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- Hackl Arnulf
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- A total of 720 192Ir high-dose-rate (HDR) applications in 331 patients with gynecological tumors were analyzed to evaluate the dose to normal tissues from brachytherapy. Based on the calculations of bladder base, bladder neck, and rectal doses derived from orthogonal films the planned tumor dose or fractionation was altered in 20.4% of intracavitary placements (ICP) for cervix carcinoma and 9.2% of ICP for treatment of the vaginal vault. In 13.8% of intracervical and 8.1% of intravaginal treatments calculated doses to both the bladder and rectum were greater than or equal to 140% of the initially planned dose fraction. Doses at the bladder base were significantly higher than at the bladder neck (p less than 0.001). In 17.5% of ICP the dose to the bladder base was at least twice as high as to the bladder neck. The ratio of bladder base dose to the bladder neck was 1.5 (+/- 1.19 SD) for intracervical and 1.46 (+/- 1.14 SD) for intravaginal applications. The comparison of calculated doses from orthogonal films with in-vivo readings showed a good correlation of rectal doses with a correlation coefficient factor of 0.9556. CT-assisted dosimetry, however, revealed that the maximum doses to bladder and rectum were generally higher than those obtained from films with ratios of 1-1.7 (average: 1.44) for the bladder neck, 1-5.4 (average: 2.42) for the bladder base, and 1.1-2.7 (average: 1.37) for the rectum. When doses to the specified reference points of bladder neck and rectum from orthogonal film dosimetry were compared with the corresponding points on CT scans, similar values were obtained for both methods with a maximum deviation of +/- 10%. Despite the determination of multiple reference points our study revealed that this information was inadequate to predict doses to the entire rectum and bladder. If conventional methods are used for dosimetry it is recommended that doses to the bladder base should be routinely calculated, since single point measurements at the bladder neck seriously underestimate the dose to the bladder. Also the rectal dose should be determined at several points over the length of the implant due to the wide range of anatomic variations possible.
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- Brachytherapy - methods
- Endometrial Neoplasms - radiotherapy
- Female -
- Film Dosimetry -
- Humans -
- Iridium Radioisotopes - therapeutic use
- Middle Aged -
- Radiation Dosage -
- Radiotherapy Dosage -
- Rectum - diagnostic imaging
- Rectum - radiation effects
- Thermoluminescent Dosimetry -
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed -
- Urinary Bladder - diagnostic imaging
- Urinary Bladder - radiation effects
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - radiotherapy
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- HIGH DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY
- ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA
- CERVICAL CARCINOMA
- FILM DOSIMETRY
- TLD DOSIMETRY
- CT-ASSISTED DOSIMETRY
- BLADDER DOSE
- RECTAL DOSE