Influence of thermoplastic masks on absorbed skin dose for head and neck radiotherapy;Influence des masques thermoformés de contention sur la dose à la peau en radiothérapie des tumeurs des voies aérodigestives supérieures

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 310-319

  Amiel Halm, E ^a,b   Tamri, A ^a   Bridier, A ^a   Wibault, P ^a   Eschwege F ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b Centre Médico chirurgical   (France)

Author keywords

Head and neck radiotherapy; In vivo dosimetry; Skin dose; Thermoplastic masks

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA RADIATION; MASK; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASKS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 17744401727     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(02)00206-8     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. e Congrès de la SFPH, Toulouse. 1996. p. 519-33.
2. Al Salah A. Utilisation des électrons en radiothérapie. Mémoire DEA de physique radiologique et médicale. 1991.
3. Al Salah A, Aletti P. Noel A, Buchheit I. Variation de la dose cutanée lors de l'interposition d'un masque. Recueil des communications, Congrès de la SFPH, Poitiers. 1994. p. 231-41.
4. Bentel GC, Marks LB, Sherouse GW, Spencer DP. A customized head and neck support system. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995;32:245-8.
5. Bentel GC, Marks LB. Hendren K, Brizel DM. Comparison of two head and neck immobilization systems. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1997;38:867-73.
6. Bridier A, Ferreira I, Chavaudra J. Etalonnage des dosimètres thermoluminescents. EPU SFPH, Benodet. 1997.
7. Bridier A, Wibault P, Chavaudra J, Houlard JP, Eschwege F. Amélioration de la méthode utilisée à l'IGR pour l'établissement des plans de traitement en radiothérapie ORL. Radiother 1991;78:55-8.
8. Carl L, Vestergaard A. Skin damage probabilities using fixation materials in high energy photon beams. Radioth Oncol 2000;55:191-8.
9. c Congrès de la SFPH, Tours. 1999.
10. Devereux C, Grundy G, Littman P. Plastic molds for patient immobilization. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1976;1:553-7.
11. Dutreix A, Bridier A. Total body irradiation techniques and dosimetry. Pathol Biol 1979.
12. Dries WJF, Theunissen W. Fixation tête et cou: un nouveau système avec application de fibre de carbone et d'Orfit. Hôpital Catharina, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas. traduit de l'article « Hoofd-Hals Fixatie » publié dans la revue néerlandaise « Gamma » 1992;3:1-6.
13. Eveling JN, Morgan A, Pitchford WG. Commissioning a p-type silicon diode for use in clinical electron beams. Med Phys 1999;26:100-7.
14. Fiorino C, Mauro Cattaneo G, Del Vecchio A, Longobardi B, Signorotto P, Calandrino R. Skin dose measurements for head and neck radiotherapy. Med Phys 1992;19:1263-6.
15. Fiorino C, Mauro Cattaneo G, Del Vecchio A, Fusca M, Longobardi B, Signorotto P. et al. Skin-sparing reduction effects of thermoplastics used for patient immobilization in head and neck radiotherapy. Radioth Oncol 1994;30:267-70.
16. Foote RL, Grado GL, Burskirk SJ, Olsen KD, Bonner JA, Earle JD, et al. Radiation therapy for glottic cancer using 6 MV photons. Cancer 1996;77:381-6.
17. Georg D, De Ost B, Hoornaert MT, Pilette P, Van Dam J, Van Dycke M, et al. Build-up modification of commercial diodes for entrance dose measurements in 'higher energy' photon beams. Radioth Oncol 1999;51:249-56.
18. Gerber RL, Marks JE, Purdy JA. The use of thermal plastics for immobilization of patients during radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1982;8:1461-2.
19. Goldson LA, Young J, Espinoza MC, Henschke UK. Simple but sophisticated immobilization casts. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1978;4:1105-6.
20. Goubard O. Techniques de centrage, les dispositifs de contention en radiothérapie externe. Association des Physiciens d'Hôpital Centre Rhône-Alpes, Saint-Etienne, 1. 1994. p. 1-17.
21. Hauskins LA, Thompson RW. Patient positioning device for extemal beam therapy of the head and neck. Radiol 1973:706.
22. International Atomic Energy Agency. Absorbed Dose Determination in Photon and Electron Beams: An International Code of Practice. Technical Report Series No 277, Vienna, 1987.
23. Lamb A, Blake S. Investigation and modelling of the surface dose from linear accelerator produced 6 and 10 MV photon beams. Phys Med Biol 1998;43:1133-46.
24. Mellenberg DE. Dose behind various immobilisation and beam-modifying. Radiat Oncol 1995;32:1193-7.
25. Mondalek PM, Orton CG. Transmission and build-up characteristics of polyurethane-foam immobilisation devices. Med Dosimet 1987;7:5-10.
26. Niewald M, Lehmann W, Uhlmann U, Schnabel K, Leetz HK. Plastic material used to optimize radiotherapy of head and neck tumors and the mammary carcinoma. Radiother Oncol 1988;11:55-63.
27. Nilsson B. Electron contamination from different materiais in high energy photon beams. PMB 1985;30:139-51.
28. Peiffert D, Aletti P, Malissard L, Al Salah A, Marchal C. Influence d'un masque de contention de type Orfit sur la radioépithélite aigüe au cours de la cobalthérapie des cancers ORL. Résumés des posters Cancer Radiother. 1994. p. 530.
29. 60Co beams, by means of direct measurement on the incident and on the exit surfaces. Radiother Oncol 1985;3:279-83.
30. Commission Contention et Repositionnement. Rapport SFPH n° 16 Mai, 1999.
31. Van Dam J, Marinello G. Methods for in vivo dosimetry in external radiotherapy. ESTRO Physics for clinical radiotherapy, 1994.
32. Weltens C, Kesteloot K, Vandevelde G, Van Den Bogaert W. Comparison of plastic and Orfit masks for patient head fixation during radiotherapy: precision and costs. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995;33:499-507.