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Comparison between a conventional treatment energy and 50 MV photons for the treatment of lung tumours
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- Blomquist, M (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Radiofysik
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Li, J S (författare)
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Ma, C M (författare)
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- Zackrisson, B (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Onkologi
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- Karlsson, Mikael (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Radiofysik
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- 2002
- 2002
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Physics in Medicine and Biology. - 0031-9155 .- 1361-6560. ; 47:6, s. 889-897
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- Radiation therapy in the thoracic region is difficult due to the presence of many dose-limiting structures and the large density differences that affect the dose distribution. Conventional irradiation techniques use low-energy photon beams to avoid build-up effects superficially in the tumour and increased lateral scattering of the beams. For deep-seated tumours higher beam energies could have lung-sparing properties that would enable dose escalation. A comparison was made for a conventional low photon energy (6 MV) and 50 MV photons for the treatment of a lung tumour. A representative patient geometry was selected, consisting of a small tumour semi-enclosed in lung tissue. Treatment plans were designed using a commercial 3D-pencil beam treatment planning system. The treatment beams designed in the TPS were simulated with the Monte Carlo code EGS4/BEAM and the dose distribution in the phantom created from the patients CT-data was calculated using MCDOSE with identical beam geometry for both energies. The intrinsic difference between the two photon energies implies a sparing effect of lung that can be utilized for dose escalation. For a treatment with two beams the mean total dose to the tumour could be increased by 5.3% for 50 MV, corresponding to 3.2 Gy for a prescription dose of 60 Gy, with the same complication probability for the treated lung as for 6 MV. In conclusion, high-energy beams have qualities that can be taken advantage of for irradiation of lung tumours. Optimum solutions would probably require the use of both high- and low-energy beams.
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