Comparison of dose-volume histograms and dose-wall histograms of the rectum of patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy

A M Olszewska; A E Saarnak; R W de Boer; B N van Bunningen; M J Steggerda

doi:10.1016/s0167-8140(01)00400-5

Comparison of dose-volume histograms and dose-wall histograms of the rectum of patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy

Radiother Oncol. 2001 Oct;61(1):83-5. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(01)00400-5.

Authors

A M Olszewska¹, A E Saarnak, R W de Boer, B N van Bunningen, M J Steggerda

Affiliation

¹ Medical Physics Department, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center, W.K. Roentgen 5, 02-781, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 11578733
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(01)00400-5

Abstract

The correlation between dose values from dose-volume histograms (DVHs) and dose values from dose-wall histograms (DWHs) of the rectum tissue of patient with uterine cervix cancer was determined. The minimum dose in 2 cm3 in the high-dose region of the DVH is a good estimate of the dose in the rectum wall.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy*
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Female
Humans
Models, Biological
Rectum / radiation effects*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy*