Open AccessA prospective dosimetric and clinical comparison of acute hematological toxicities in three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy in carcinoma cervix
Author(s) -
H U Avinash,
Arul Ponni,
MG Janaki,
A.S. Kirthi Koushik,
Sandeep Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.151864
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , bone marrow , chemotherapy , radiology , pelvis , nuclear medicine , cervix , carcinoma , cancer
Acute hematological toxicities are an important cause of morbidity in patients receiving concurrent chemoradiation to pelvis in carcinoma cervix. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in reducing the dose to the bone marrow as compared with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and hence its impact on reducing the acute hematological toxicities.