Prostate displacement kit: reducing the radiation dose to the rectum.
During high dose-rate brachytherapy boost in 20 patients the use of a prostate-water-rectal-displacement-kit contributed to an increase in the distance between the prostate and the rectum, however, the prostate was not totally immobilized by the needles, implying the necessity for an very careful on-line dose-planning dosimetry.
Kälkner
Karl Mikael
KM
Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. karl.kalkner@karolinska.se
Nilsson
Josef
J
Lundell
Marie
M
Levitt
Seymour
S
Nilsson
Sten
S
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012007:Rectum / Q000528:radiation effects*