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<p>3D - Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) for decades was a standard technique in the prostate cancer radical radiotherapy treatment. Technological advances and implementation of an innovative radiotherapy technique-Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), enable even more precise treatment of the prostate cancer patients. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a technological advancement in Conformal Radiotherapy which allows superior conformity and homogeneity of the absorbed dose in planning target volume with maximal sparing organs of risk. This technique gives us possibility to escalate the radiotherapy dose, prerequisite for the adequate local tumor control. Evaluation of dosimetric parameters 3DCRT vs. IMRT: the homogeneity index, the conformity index, parameters of absorbed dose in planning target volume, dose volume constraints for organs of risk shows that IMRT is an optimal technique in the prostate cancer radical treatment.</p>
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3D - Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) for decades was a standard technique in the prostate cancer radical radiotherapy treatment. Technological advances and implementation of an innovative radiotherapy technique-Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), enable even more precise treatment of the prostate cancer patients. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a technological advancement in Conformal Radiotherapy which allows superior conformity and homogeneity of the absorbed dose in planning target volume with maximal sparing organs of risk. This technique gives us possibility to escalate the radiotherapy dose, prerequisite for the adequate local tumor control. Evaluation of dosimetric parameters 3DCRT vs. IMRT: the homogeneity index, the conformity index, parameters of absorbed dose in planning target volume, dose volume constraints for organs of risk shows that IMRT is an optimal technique in the prostate cancer radical treatment.

Dosimetric Comparison: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Vs. 3D Conformal Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Radical Treatment

University of Kragujevac Faculty of Medical Sciences

University Clinical Center of the Republika of Srpska

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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3D - Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT) for decades was a standard technique in the prostate cancer radical radiotherapy treatment. Technological advances and...

Dosimetric Comparison: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Vs. 3D Conformal Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Radical Treatment

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2019

Pages: 29 - 36

Reçu: 25 mai 2019

Accepté: 05 oct. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0046

Mots clés
3D-Conformal Radiotherapy, prostate cancer, planning target volume, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

© 2022 Slavica Maric et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Dosimetric Comparison: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Vs. 3D Conformal Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Radical Treatment

Publié en ligne: 26 nov. 2019

Pages: 29 - 36

Reçu: 25 mai 2019

Accepté: 05 oct. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0046

Mots clés3D-Conformal Radiotherapy, prostate cancer, planning target volume, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

© 2022 Slavica Maric et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
3D-Conformal Radiotherapy, prostate cancer, planning target volume, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy