Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1885015 | Medical Dosimetry | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Acute skin reaction during adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer is an inevitable process, and its severity is related to the skin dose. A high-skin dose area can be speculated based on the isodose distribution shown on a treatment planning. To determine whether treatment planning can reflect high-skin dose location, 80 patients were collected and their skin doses in different areas were measured using a thermoluminescent dosimeter to locate the highest-skin dose area in each patient. We determined whether the skin dose is consistent with the highest-dose area estimated by the treatment planning of the same patient. The Ï2 and Fisher exact tests revealed that these 2 methods yielded more consistent results when the highest-dose spots were located in the axillary and breast areas but not in the inframammary area. We suggest that skin doses shown on the treatment planning might be a reliable and simple alternative method for estimating the highest skin doses in some areas.
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Authors
Li-Min M.D., M.P.H., Chih-Jen M.D., Hsiao-Yun M.S., Fan-Yun M.D., Tsung-Hsien B.S., Min-Jen M.D.,