Breast skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite® HDR, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and tangential fields techniques

Raj N. Selvaraj; Ajay Bhatnagar; Sushil Beriwal; M. Saiful Huq; Dwight E. Heron; Debbie Sonnik; Edward Brandner; Robert Surgent; Robert Mogus; Melvin Deutsch; Kristina Gerszten; Andrew Wu; Shalom Kalnicki; Ning J. Yue; Cheng B. Saw

doi:10.1177/153303460700600103

Breast skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite® HDR, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and tangential fields techniques

Raj N. Selvaraj, Ajay Bhatnagar, Sushil Beriwal, M. Saiful Huq, Dwight E. Heron, Debbie Sonnik, Edward Brandner, Robert Surgent, Robert Mogus, Melvin Deutsch, Kristina Gerszten, Andrew Wu, Shalom Kalnicki, Ning J. Yue, Cheng B. Saw

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	17-22
Number of pages	6
Journal	Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/153303460700600103
State	Published - Feb 2007

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And Conventional
Breast cancer
IMRT
MammoSite®
Skin dose

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Cancer Research

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Selvaraj, R. N., Bhatnagar, A., Beriwal, S., Huq, M. S., Heron, D. E., Sonnik, D., Brandner, E., Surgent, R., Mogus, R., Deutsch, M., Gerszten, K., Wu, A., Kalnicki, S., Yue, N. J., & Saw, C. B. (2007). Breast skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite® HDR, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and tangential fields techniques. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, 6(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/153303460700600103

Selvaraj, RN, Bhatnagar, A, Beriwal, S, Huq, MS, Heron, DE, Sonnik, D, Brandner, E, Surgent, R, Mogus, R, Deutsch, M, Gerszten, K, Wu, A, Kalnicki, S, Yue, NJ & Saw, CB 2007, 'Breast skin doses from brachytherapy using MammoSite® HDR, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and tangential fields techniques', Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/153303460700600103

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