Assessment of skin dose for breast chest wall radiotherapy as a function of bolus material.
Phys Med Biol
; 53(10): 2593-606, 2008 May 21.
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ABSTRACT
Skin dose assessment for chest wall radiotherapy is important to ensure sufficient dose to the surface target volume without excessive skin reaction. This study quantified changes to the surface doses as a function of bolus material for conventional and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) tangential fields. Three types of bolus materials (2 mm solid, 2 mm fine mesh and 3.2 mm large mesh Aquaplast) were compared with Superflab. Surface dose measurements were performed using an Attix parallel plate chamber in a flat solid water phantom at 0 degrees , 45 degrees and 70 degrees incident angles. Over-response correction factors were applied to the Attix chamber results for different incident angles. Surface dose measurements on an anthropomorphic phantom were done using a thermoluminescent dosimeter extrapolation method. Dose characteristics of Superflab and solid Aquaplast were within 2% of solid water material. No significant differences (within 3%) in the surface dose were found between conventional and IMRT tangential techniques. The bolus effect was large for chest wall tangential radiotherapy, with up to an 82% increase using 2 mm fine mesh Aquaplast. The dosimetric effect of different Aquaplast materials has been quantified in this work. These materials can be used to create a custom bolus with potentially better reproducibility of placement.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doses de Radiação
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Pele
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Mama
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Parede Torácica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Phys Med Biol
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos