PMID: 8972752Dec 1, 1996Paper

Design and comparison of wedge shaped midline block with rectangular block used in early stage cervical cancers

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]
J S AvadhaniK A Dinshaw

Abstract

Design of an universal wedge shaped midline block for early stage cervical cancers to get uniform dose distribution around the target volume. The method of fabrication of wedge shaped midline block is discussed for treatment of early stage cervical cancers based on the configuration of 137Cs pellets used in intracavitary applications and along with external photon beams obtained by using 60Co teletherapy machine and 6 and 10 MV linear accelerators. The dosimetric measurements are carried out to confirm the adequacy of thickness and shape of the block using radiation field analyzer for all the 3 energies. The dose distribution comparison has been made with wedge shaped midline block and conventional rectangular shields to show its superiority in getting homogeneous dose distribution around target volume. The shift in 184 intracavitary applications is analyzed in actual clinical applications with respect to central axis of external beams and its comparison is made with both types of blocks. With the shift of 1 cm towards lateral from midline an overdose can occur upto 12 Gy at certain points with rectangular block compared to wedge shaped midline block. Since the preparation of individual wedge shaped midline block for every appl...Continue Reading

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