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17241096

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
Skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite HDR, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and conventional tangential fields techniques were compared. For each treatment technique, skin doses were measured using paired thermoluminescent dosimeters placed on the patient's skin: (i) directly above the balloon catheter during MammoSite HDR brachytherapy treatments and (ii) 4 cm inside the treatment borders during the IMRT and conventional breast treatments. The mean dose measured was about 58% of the prescription dose for the patients treated using the MammoSite technique. On the other hand, for patients treated with IMRT and tangential fields, the mean dose was found to be about 69% and 71% of the corresponding prescription dose. This study suggests that in breast cancer radiation treatments the MammoSite HDR technique reduces skin doses compared to IMRT and tangential field techniques.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1533-0346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite HDR, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and tangential fields techniques.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. selvarajrn@upmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies