Calculation of organ doses from breast cancer radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study
| Autor: | Theocharis Berris, John Damilakis, John Stratakis, Antonios Tzedakis, Michael Mazonakis, Anastasia Fasoulaki |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Organs at Risk
medicine.medical_treatment Dose profile Breast Neoplasms Radiation Models Biological Imaging phantom Breast cancer breast cancer organ doses Thermoluminescent Dosimetry Medicine Radiation Oncology Physics Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Computer Simulation Instrumentation radiotherapy Monte Carlo simulation business.industry Radiotherapy Planning Computer-Assisted Cancer Radiotherapy Dosage medicine.disease Radiation therapy Female Thermoluminescent dosimeter business Nuclear medicine Monte Carlo Method |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics |
| ISSN: | 1526-9914 |
| Popis: | The current study aimed to: a) utilize Monte Carlo simulation methods for the assessment of radiation doses imparted to all organs at risk to develop secondary radiation induced cancer, for patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer; and b) evaluate the effect of breast size on dose to organs outside the irradiation field. A simulated linear accelerator model was generated. The in‐field accuracy of the simulated photon beam properties was verified against percentage depth dose (PDD) and dose profile measurements on an actual water phantom. Off‐axis dose calculations were verified with thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD) measurements on a humanoid physical phantom. An anthropomorphic mathematical phantom was used to simulate breast cancer radiotherapy with medial and lateral fields. The effect of breast size on the calculated organ dose was investigated. Local differences between measured and calculated PDDs and dose profiles did not exceed 2% for the points at depths beyond the depth of maximum dose and the plateau region of the profile, respectively. For the penumbral regions of the dose profiles, the distance to agreement (DTA) did not exceed 2 mm. The mean difference between calculated out‐of‐field doses and TLD measurements was 11.4%±5.9%. The calculated doses to peripheral organs ranged from 2.32 cGy up to 161.41 cGy depending on breast size and thus the field dimensions applied, as well as the proximity of the organs to the primary beam. An increase to the therapeutic field area by 50% to account for the large breast led to a mean organ dose elevation by up to 85.2% for lateral exposure. The contralateral breast dose ranged between 1.4% and 1.6% of the prescribed dose to the tumor. Breast size affects dose deposition substantially. PACS numbers: 87.10.rt, 87.56.bd, 87.53.Bn, 87.55.K‐, 87.55.ne, 87.56.jf, 87.56.J‐ |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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