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Kazemzadeh A, Abedi I, Amouheidari A, Shirvany A. Dosimetric comparison of treatment of left breast
cancer using two different dose schedules
Dosimetric comparison of treatment of left breast
cancer using two different dose schedules. Tehran Univ Med J 2020; 78 (9) :582-588
URL: http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-10820-en.html
URL: http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-10820-en.html
1- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Science, Kashan, Iran.
2- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
3- Department of Radiation Oncology, Milad Hospital, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
2- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
3- Department of Radiation Oncology, Milad Hospital, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Background: To date, different kinds of treatment methods have been proposed for radiotherapy of cancer patients. Choosing the kind of treatment method affects the quality of the patient's treatment. This study aims to investigate the effect of the number of radiation treatment sessions on the dose received by the patient and the distribution of tumor dose and dose received by organs at risk in breast cancer radiation therapy. These results help us to select the appropriate treatment schedules for the treatment of left breast patients.
Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was performed on the treatment plans of 35 patients with left breast cancer who referred to Isfahan Milad Hospital between July 2019 and April 2020. They were candidates for left breast radiation therapy. Also, these patients had no history of surgery or chemotherapy, and no supraclavicular or axillary lymph nodes were involved. Patients were treated with a conventional fraction regimen (CF) or hypofractionated (HF) treatment schedule. Different dosimetry parameters for the target and organ at risks such as conformity index, homogeneity index and mean dose were obtained from the dose-volume histogram plot. Finally, the results of both plans were compared with each other.
Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was performed on the treatment plans of 35 patients with left breast cancer who referred to Isfahan Milad Hospital between July 2019 and April 2020. They were candidates for left breast radiation therapy. Also, these patients had no history of surgery or chemotherapy, and no supraclavicular or axillary lymph nodes were involved. Patients were treated with a conventional fraction regimen (CF) or hypofractionated (HF) treatment schedule. Different dosimetry parameters for the target and organ at risks such as conformity index, homogeneity index and mean dose were obtained from the dose-volume histogram plot. Finally, the results of both plans were compared with each other.
| Results: The data obtained from this study indicate a decrease in the average dose of all organs in the hypo fractionated regimens compared to conventional plans. The differences between two plans were statistically significant for tumor, lung, and skin (P=0.0). Moreover, the maximum dose for the skin was also reduced when hypofractionated regimens were used. However, the values of the homogeneity index and conformity index of tumor in the two methods did not show a significant difference (P were 0.99 and 0.86, respectively). Conclusion: In general, the results of the current study indicate that the hypofractionated regimen leads to a reduction in dosimetric factors compared to conventional fraction plans. It seems that this method can be used as an alternative treatment plan for breast cancer radiation therapy due to the reduced duration of the treatment period. |
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