Korean J Med Phys.
2008 Sep;19(3):172-177.
Radiation Dose Calculation in the Surrounding Organs during Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Nuclear Engineering, College of Advanced Technology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea. rdt111@daum.net
- 2Department of Radiological Science, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea.
Abstract
- As a part of estimating quantitative radiation treatment doses, we produced a mathematical phantom based on the standard Korean male. Then, with the prostate as the source organ, we calculated the absorbed dose in the prostate and surrounding organs forecasted to occur during brachytherapy for prostate cancer. To simulate the procedure, we selected (25)I and (103)Pd useful in brachytherapy of the prostate as the radionucleids and made an assumption that 1 Ci of initial radioactivity is administered. As a result, we found that the prostate, as the source organ, indicated 101 Gy/Ci and 7.24 Gy/Ci, respectively, in case of (125)I and (103)Pd. With the exception of the prostate, organs with high absorbed doses were found to be in the order of the penis and scrotum, sigmoid colon, testicles and the urinary bladder, which are relatively close to the prostate.
