[Planning for brachytherapy using a 3D-simulation model].
A 3D-simulation model made with a milling system was applied to HDR-brachytherapy. The 3D-simulation model is used to simulate the 3D-structure of the lesion and the surrounding organs before the actual catheterization for brachytherapy. The first case was recurrent prostatic cancer in a 61-year-old man. The other case was lymph node recurrence of a 71-year-old woman's upper gum cancer. In both cases, the 3D-simulation model was very useful to simulate the 3D-conformation, to plan the treatment process and to avoid the risk accompanying treatment.
Koizumi
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M
Department of Radiation Oncology, Osaka University, Medical School.
Inoue
T
T
Inoue
T
T
Yamazaki
H
H
Kagawa
K
K
Fukushima
S
S
Matsumura
S
S
Murayama
S
S
Nose
T
T
Tanaka
E
E
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008961:Models, Structural; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted