Open AccessMonte Carlo study on the secondary cancer risk estimations for patients undergoing prostate radiotherapy: A humanoid phantom study
Author(s) -
Amir Ghasemi-Jangjoo,
Hosein Ghiasi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.1016/j.rpor.2019.12.029
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , absorbed dose , radiation therapy , imaging phantom , equivalent dose , prostate cancer , effective dose (radiation) , dosimeter , dosimetry , cancer , radiology
The aim of this study was to estimate the secondary malignancy risk from the radiation in FFB prostate linac-based radiotherapy for different organs of the patient.