Using a belly board device to reduce the small bowel volume within pelvic radiation fields in women with postoperatively treated cervical carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology
K GhoshK E Dusenbery

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to attempt to reduce the small bowel volume in cervical cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy using the belly board device and a four-field technique. From 1994 through 1997, twenty-one patients with cervical cancer were referred to the University of Minnesota Medical Center and underwent surgical staging with or without radical hysterectomy followed by postoperative external beam radiotherapy for various indications including positive nodal disease (n = 11), lymph-vascular space invasion (n = 2), poor histology (n = 3), parametrial disease (n = 4), and positive vaginal margin (n = 1). The median age of the 21 patients was 42 years (25-54 years) and a median external beam pelvic radiation dose of 4775 cGy (range, 4200-5075 cGy) was administered. All patients were evaluated for amount of small bowel in the field in both the supine and prone positions, with and without the belly board device (BBD), using a four-field technique. With a full bladder, abdominal radiographs with contrast were obtained to evaluate the volume of small bowel within the radiation fields. In most patients, the BBD was effective at minimizing the amount of small bowel in the lateral fields, whereas a prone position on t...Continue Reading

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