Open AccessMeasurement of the contralateral breast photon and neutron dose in breast cancer radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo study
Author(s) -
Hamed Bagheri,
Bagher Farhood,
Seied Rabi Mahdavi,
Babak Shekarchi,
Farhad Manouchehri,
Malahat Esfandbod
Publication year - 2019
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_1426_16
Subject(s) - wedge (geometry) , field size , imaging phantom , nuclear medicine , breast cancer , photon , monte carlo method , medicine , radiation therapy , linear particle accelerator , neutron , photon energy , physics , optics , nuclear physics , radiology , beam (structure) , mathematics , cancer , statistics
This study aimed to calculate the photon and neutron doses received to the contralateral breast (CB) during breast cancer radiotherapy for various field sizes in the presence of a physical wedge.