measurement of thyroid dose by tld arising from radiotherapy of breast cancer patients from supraclavicular field

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b farhood tehran university of medical science

m t bahreyni toossi medical physics department, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه تهران (tehran university)

h vosoughi medical physics department, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)

s khademi medical physics research center,mashhad university of medical sciences,mashhad,iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)

abstract

background: breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading global cause of cancer death among women worldwide. radiotherapy plays a significant role in treatment of breast cancer and reduces locoregional recurrence and eventually improves survival. the treatment fields applied for breast cancer treatment include: tangential, axillary, supraclavicular and internal mammary fields. objective: in the present study, due to the presence of sensitive organ such as thyroid inside the supraclavicular field, thyroid dose and its effective factors were investigated. materials and methods: thyroid dose of 31 female patients of breast cancer with involved supraclavicular lymph nodes which had undergone radiotherapy were measured. for each patient, three tld-100 chips were placed on their thyroid gland surface, and thyroid doses of patients were measured. the variables of the study include shield shape, the time of patient's setup, the technologists' experience and qualification. finally, the results were analyzed by anova test using spss 11.5 software. results: the average age of the patients was 46±10 years. the average of thyroid dose of the patients was 140±45 mgy (ranged 288.2 and 80.8) in single fraction. there was a significant relationship between the thyroid dose and shield shape. there was also a significant relationship between the thyroid dose and the patient's setup time.  conclusion: beside organ at risk such as thyroid which is in the supraclavicular field, thyroid dose possibility should be reduced. for solving this problem, an appropriate shield shape, the appropriate time of the patient's setup, etc. could be considered.

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journal of biomedical physics and engineering

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