scholarly journals Quality Assurance in Modern Gynecological HDR-Brachytherapy (Interventional Radiotherapy): Clinical Considerations and Comments

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 912
Author(s):  
Tamer Soror ◽  
Frank-André Siebert ◽  
Valentina Lancellotta ◽  
Elisa Placidi ◽  
Bruno Fionda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Gynecological Cancers ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Dose Monitoring ◽  
Recent Developments

The use of brachytherapy (interventional radiotherapy) in the treatment of gynecological cancers is a crucial element in both definitive and adjuvant settings. The recent developments in high-dose rate remote afterloaders, modern applicators, treatment-planning software, image guidance, and dose monitoring systems have led to improvement in the local control rates and in some cases improved the survival rates. The development of these highly advanced and complicated treatment modalities has been accompanied by challenges, which have made the existence of quality assurance protocols a must to ensure the integrity of the treatment process. Quality assurance aims at standardizing the technical and clinical procedures involved in the treatment of patients, which could eventually decrease the source of uncertainties whether technical (source/equipment related) or clinical. This commentary review sheds light (from a clinical point of view) on some potential sources of uncertainties associated with the use of modern brachytherapy in the treatment of gynecological cancers.

scholarly journals Back to the Future: Very High-Energy Electrons (VHEEs) and Their Potential Application in Radiation Therapy

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 4942
Author(s):  
Maria Grazia Ronga ◽  
Marco Cavallone ◽  
Annalisa Patriarca ◽  
Amelia Maia Leite ◽  
Pierre Loap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
High Energy Electrons ◽  
Very High Energy ◽  
Very High

The development of innovative approaches that would reduce the sensitivity of healthy tissues to irradiation while maintaining the efficacy of the treatment on the tumor is of crucial importance for the progress of the efficacy of radiotherapy. Recent methodological developments and innovations, such as scanned beams, ultra-high dose rates, and very high-energy electrons, which may be simultaneously available on new accelerators, would allow for possible radiobiological advantages of very short pulses of ultra-high dose rate (FLASH) therapy for radiation therapy to be considered. In particular, very high-energy electron (VHEE) radiotherapy, in the energy range of 100 to 250 MeV, first proposed in the 2000s, would be particularly interesting both from a ballistic and biological point of view for the establishment of this new type of irradiation technique. In this review, we examine and summarize the current knowledge on VHEE radiotherapy and provide a synthesis of the studies that have been published on various experimental and simulation works. We will also consider the potential for VHEE therapy to be translated into clinical contexts.

scholarly journals OC-0272: "Magic phantom" - a quality assurance system for high dose rate brachytherapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. S139-S140
Author(s):  
A. Espinoza ◽  
M. Petasecca ◽  
I. Fuduli ◽  
A. Howie ◽  
S. Corde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Quality Assurance System ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy ◽  
Assurance System

3D CT–based high-dose-rate breast brachytherapy implants: treatment planning and quality assurance

2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 1224-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupak K. Das ◽  
Rakesh Patel ◽  
Hiral Shah ◽  
Heath Odau ◽  
Robert R. Kuske
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Treatment Planning ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
3D Ct ◽  
Breast Brachytherapy

CT-Guided High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy of Liver Tumours Does Not Impair Hepatic Function and Shows High Overall Safety and Favourable Survival Rates

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4284-4292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Brinkhaus ◽  
Johan Friso Lock ◽  
Maciej Malinowski ◽  
Timm Denecke ◽  
Peter Neuhaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dose Rate ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Hepatic Function ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Liver Tumours ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy ◽  
Ct Guided

Sci-Sat AM(2): Brachy - 01: A Quality Assurance Tool for High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (7Part3) ◽  
pp. 3910-3910
Author(s):  
D Rickey ◽  
D Sasaki ◽  
J Bews
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

DVH analysis and quality assurance of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for prostate cancer

Brachytherapy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Murali Nair ◽  
Rufus Mark ◽  
Paul Anderson ◽  
Thomas Neumann ◽  
David White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Hdr Brachytherapy

A quality assurance tool for high-dose-rate brachytherapy

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (6Part1) ◽  
pp. 2525-2532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Rickey ◽  
David Sasaki ◽  
Jeff Bews
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy

A user-oriented procedure for the commissioning and quality assurance testing of treatment planning system dosimetry in high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Peppa ◽  
Evaggelos Pantelis ◽  
Eleftherios Pappas ◽  
Vasileios Lahanas ◽  
Constantinos Loukas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Dose Rate ◽  
Treatment Planning ◽  
High Dose Rate ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Treatment Planning System ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
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