A simple method of alignment for pelvic irradiation in obese patients.
Administering radiation therapy to obese pelvic patients can pose a difficult challenge to even the veteran radiation therapist. Daily reproducibility can be achieved with the sacrifice of additional time and filming. We have developed a technique which has shown consistent reproducibility of the radiation treatments with a minimum of inconvenience to busy schedules.
Sweigart
Kenneth D
KD
Rosenfeld Cancer Center, Abington, PA, USA. kdsrad@ptd.net
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D010388:Pelvis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000379:methods; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*