Monte Carlo study of a new I-125 brachytherapy prototype seed with a ceramic radionuclide carrier and radiographic marker.

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Lucas PaixãoSuely Epsztein Grynberg

Abstract

In prostate cancer treatment, there is an increasing interest in the permanent radioactive seeds implant technique. Currently, in Brazil, the seeds are imported with high prices, which prohibit their use in public hospitals. A ceramic matrix that can be used as a radioisotope carrier and radiographic marker was developed at our institution. The ceramic matrix is distinguished by the characteristic of maintaining the radioactive material uniformly distributed in its surface. In this work, Monte Carlo simulations were performed in order to assess the dose distributions generated by this prototype seed model, with the ceramic matrix encapsulated in titanium, in the same way as the commercial 6711 seed. The obtained data was assessed, as described in the TG-43U1 report by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, for two seed models: (1) the most used model 6711 source - for validation and comparison, and (2) for the prototype model with the ceramic matrix. The dosimetric parameters dose rate constant, Λ, radial dose function, gL(r), and anisotropy function, F(r,θ), were derived from simulations by the Monte Carlo method using the MCNP5 code. A Λ 0.992 (± 2.33%) cGyh-1U-1 was found for the prototype model. In comparison w...Continue Reading

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