Radiation Oncology Journal
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.303-309
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- 1984
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- 2234-1900(pISSN)
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- 2234-3156(eISSN)
A Trial of 6-MV Linear Accelerator Radiation Therapy (RT) for Breast Cancer
6MV 선형가속기를 사용한 유방암 치료
- Yoon S. C. (Section of Therapeutic Radiology, Catholic Medical College) ;
- Kwon H. C. (Section of Therapeutic Radiology, Catholic Medical College) ;
- Oh Y. K. (Section of Therapeutic Radiology, Catholic Medical College) ;
- Kim J. W. (Section of Therapeutic Radiology, Catholic Medical College) ;
- Bahk Y. W. (Section of Therapeutic Radiology, Catholic Medical College)
- 윤세철 (가톨릭의과대학 방사선치료실) ;
- 권형철 (가톨릭의과대학 방사선치료실) ;
- 오윤경 (가톨릭의과대학 방사선치료실) ;
- 김종우 (가톨릭의과대학 방사선치료실) ;
- 박용휘 (가톨릭의과대학 방사선치료실)
- Published : 1984.12.01
Abstract
Radiation therapy(RT) has been used in the treatment of breast cancer for over 80years. Technically, it should include a part or all of such areas as chest wall or breast, axilla, internal mammary nodes (IM) and supraclavicular nodes (SCL). Authors tried three-field technique for the treatment of breast cancer using 6-MV linear accelerator, exclusively the department of radiology. Kang-Nam St. Mary's Hospital, at Catholic Medical College. The field junction was checked by a Phantom study and radiation doses measured by film densitometry and TLD. The 3 fields we used in this study were two isocentric opposing tangential fields encompassing the breast, chest wall and occasionally IM and one single anterior field encompassing the axilla and SCL. sing appropriate beam blocks and boluses, we were able to avoid unwanted intrinsic divergency of photon beam. Blocking also enabled us to set-up precise radiation field with ease.
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