Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques
Purpose: The breast is a radiosensitive organ and it is important to prevent the Contralateral Breast (CLB) from irradiation in radiotherapy. In this study, the received dose of CLB was calculated and compared between two breast radiotherapy techniques, including physical stationary and motorized w...
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Purpose: The breast is a radiosensitive organ and it is important to prevent the Contralateral Breast (CLB) from irradiation in radiotherapy. In this study, the received dose of CLB was calculated and compared between two breast radiotherapy techniques, including physical stationary and motorized wedged fields.
Materials and Methods: Forty female patients undergoing breast radiotherapy with supraclavicular involvement were randomly selected. Twenty were treated with the tangential fields using physical wedges and twenty patients were treated with the tangential fields using motorized wedges. Three thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLD GR-200) were placed on the CLB skin to estimate the breast dose. Dosimetric parameters for target tissue and organs at risk (OARs) were obtained from the plans of the evaluated techniques and compared to find the differences. CLB doses were compared between the radiotherapy techniques using an independent T-test.
Results: There were no significant differences in the target tissue and OARs dosimetric parameters between the evaluated radiotherapy techniques. The results showed that the measured CLB skin doses in patients treated with the motorized wedges were significantly higher than the physical wedge radiotherapy technique, 201.5±20.4 mGy vs. 159.8 ±14.2 mGy (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The physical wedged fields technique had lower doses for CLB compared to the fields using motorized wedges. Therefore, it can be proposed to use tangential physical wedged fields for patients with high concern about the CLB. Furthermore, more research considering radiotherapy techniques without using wedges in medial tangent fields and other relevant parameters can be performed to obtain a better evaluation of the CLB dose.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e3e975e08492421cbf85fbdf76a165192025-08-20T01:51:13ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesFrontiers in Biomedical Technologies2345-58372025-03-0112210.18502/fbt.v12i2.18281Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy TechniquesFatemeh Ziyaei0Somaye Malmir1Raheleh Tabari Juybari2Masoumeh Dorri Giv3Maryam Yaftian4Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Physics, Payame Noor University, P. O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, IranDepartment of Radiology Technology, Behbahan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, IranNuclear Medicine Research Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranDepartment of Medical Radiation Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Purpose: The breast is a radiosensitive organ and it is important to prevent the Contralateral Breast (CLB) from irradiation in radiotherapy. In this study, the received dose of CLB was calculated and compared between two breast radiotherapy techniques, including physical stationary and motorized wedged fields. Materials and Methods: Forty female patients undergoing breast radiotherapy with supraclavicular involvement were randomly selected. Twenty were treated with the tangential fields using physical wedges and twenty patients were treated with the tangential fields using motorized wedges. Three thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLD GR-200) were placed on the CLB skin to estimate the breast dose. Dosimetric parameters for target tissue and organs at risk (OARs) were obtained from the plans of the evaluated techniques and compared to find the differences. CLB doses were compared between the radiotherapy techniques using an independent T-test. Results: There were no significant differences in the target tissue and OARs dosimetric parameters between the evaluated radiotherapy techniques. The results showed that the measured CLB skin doses in patients treated with the motorized wedges were significantly higher than the physical wedge radiotherapy technique, 201.5±20.4 mGy vs. 159.8 ±14.2 mGy (P<0.05). Conclusion: The physical wedged fields technique had lower doses for CLB compared to the fields using motorized wedges. Therefore, it can be proposed to use tangential physical wedged fields for patients with high concern about the CLB. Furthermore, more research considering radiotherapy techniques without using wedges in medial tangent fields and other relevant parameters can be performed to obtain a better evaluation of the CLB dose. https://fbt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fbt/article/view/858Absorbed DoseContralateral BreastRadiotherapyThermoluminescent Dosimeters |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Ziyaei Somaye Malmir Raheleh Tabari Juybari Masoumeh Dorri Giv Maryam Yaftian Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies Absorbed Dose Contralateral Breast Radiotherapy Thermoluminescent Dosimeters |
| title | Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques |
| title_full | Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques |
| title_short | Comparing the Absorbed Dose of the Contralateral Breast between Physical Stationary and Motorized Wedged Fields Radiotherapy Techniques |
| title_sort | comparing the absorbed dose of the contralateral breast between physical stationary and motorized wedged fields radiotherapy techniques |
| topic | Absorbed Dose Contralateral Breast Radiotherapy Thermoluminescent Dosimeters |
| url | https://fbt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fbt/article/view/858 |
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