Total skin electron therapy: a modified technique for small room linear accelerator.
J Egypt Natl Canc Inst
; 16(4): 202-9, 2004 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16116496
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Development of a technique for treating whole-body skin using linear accelerator with electron beam energy of 6-MeV at a short treatment distance. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The 6 MeV high dose rate total skin electron irradiation mode on a linear accelerator was used. Beam profiles and percentage depth doses in the patient plane were measured for different beam angulations.RESULTS:
At a treatment distance (SSD) of 292 cm and using acrylic scatterer-degrader 4mm thick, the beam penetration was calculated so that the 80% dose lied at 1.6 cm for the single beam and only 6 mm for the clinical beam. A uniform vertical profile was obtained by using 3 beams for each treatment position with gantry angles of 700, 900 and 1100.CONCLUSIONS:
We could implement a modified stanford technique for total skin electron beam irradiation at a short treatment distance. Using an acrylic scatterer-degrader and three beam angulations we could produce a uniform beam in the treatment plane.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
J Egypt Natl Canc Inst
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article