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Correlation between Isotherms and Isodoses in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy—First Study

The study is focused on correlation of isotherms derived from thermal images with an isodoses describing treatment plan for patients with breast cancer treated by radiotherapy. The irradiated area covered the part of the body after mastectomy. The study included patients diagnosed with breast cancer...

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Autores principales: Plaza, Dominika, Baic, Agnieszka, Lange, Barbara, Stanek, Agata, Ślosarek, Krzysztof, Kowalczyk, Anna, Cholewka, Armand
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020619
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author Plaza, Dominika
Baic, Agnieszka
Lange, Barbara
Stanek, Agata
Ślosarek, Krzysztof
Kowalczyk, Anna
Cholewka, Armand
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description The study is focused on correlation of isotherms derived from thermal images with an isodoses describing treatment plan for patients with breast cancer treated by radiotherapy. The irradiated area covered the part of the body after mastectomy. The study included patients diagnosed with breast cancer who were qualified for radiotherapy treatment. All patients were monitored during each treatment week during the entire radiotherapy process. The measurements were made under strictly defined conditions. In the treatment planning system (TPS), the specific plan was created for each patient. Spatial dose distribution in the patient’s body was obtained and presented by the isodoses (lines connecting points with the same dose values). The following areas from the treatment planning system were plotted on the thermograms: target (tumor area) and isodose: 45 Gy, 40 Gy, 30 Gy, 20 Gy and 10 Gy. The obtained results indicated a high correlation between magnitude of the dose represented as the isodose and the temperature of the treated skin. Moreover, preliminary analysis showed a repeatable increase of the mean temperature in the irradiated area during the treatment.
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spelling pubmed-78283512021-01-25 Correlation between Isotherms and Isodoses in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy—First Study Plaza, Dominika Baic, Agnieszka Lange, Barbara Stanek, Agata Ślosarek, Krzysztof Kowalczyk, Anna Cholewka, Armand Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The study is focused on correlation of isotherms derived from thermal images with an isodoses describing treatment plan for patients with breast cancer treated by radiotherapy. The irradiated area covered the part of the body after mastectomy. The study included patients diagnosed with breast cancer who were qualified for radiotherapy treatment. All patients were monitored during each treatment week during the entire radiotherapy process. The measurements were made under strictly defined conditions. In the treatment planning system (TPS), the specific plan was created for each patient. Spatial dose distribution in the patient’s body was obtained and presented by the isodoses (lines connecting points with the same dose values). The following areas from the treatment planning system were plotted on the thermograms: target (tumor area) and isodose: 45 Gy, 40 Gy, 30 Gy, 20 Gy and 10 Gy. The obtained results indicated a high correlation between magnitude of the dose represented as the isodose and the temperature of the treated skin. Moreover, preliminary analysis showed a repeatable increase of the mean temperature in the irradiated area during the treatment. MDPI 2021-01-13 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7828351/ /pubmed/33450874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020619 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Correlation between Isotherms and Isodoses in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy—First Study
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title_fullStr Correlation between Isotherms and Isodoses in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy—First Study
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title_short Correlation between Isotherms and Isodoses in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy—First Study
title_sort correlation between isotherms and isodoses in breast cancer radiotherapy—first study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020619
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