Open AccessComparing two radiotherapy techniques of whole central nervous system tumors, considering tumor and critical organs' dose provided by treatment planning system and direct measurement
Author(s) -
Sara Momeni,
Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toosi,
Kazem Anvari,
Hamid Gholamhosseinian,
Shokouhozaman Soleymanifard
Publication year - 2020
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/jcrt.jcrt_1425_16
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , medicine , nuclear medicine , thermoluminescent dosimeter , spinal cord , radiation treatment planning , external beam radiotherapy , dosimetry , dosimeter , radiology , brachytherapy , psychiatry
In central nervous system (CNS) tumors, surgery combined with radiotherapy may cure many tumors. The basic technique in conventional radiotherapy is craniospinal radiotherapy; in this technique, spinal cord can be treated with electron or photon beams. This study was aimed to compare two radiotherapy techniques in craniospinal radiotherapy, (a) treatment of spine with a single photon beam and (b) with a combination of photon and electron beams.