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01-11-2013 | Original article

Reduction of rectal doses by removal of gas in the rectum during vaginal cuff brachytherapy

Authors: S. Sabater, Mª.M. Sevillano, I. Andres, R. Berenguer, S. Machin-Hamalainen, K. Müller, M. Arenas

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie | Issue 11/2013

Abstract

Objective

The goal of this work was to evaluate whether the volume reduction related to removal of gas in the rectum could be translated in lower doses to organs at risk (OAR) during vaginal cuff brachytherapy (VBT).

Material and methods

Fourteen pairs of brachytherapy planning CT scans derived from 11 patients were re-segmented and re-planned using the same parameters. The only difference between pairs of CTs was the presence or lack of gas in the rectum. The first CT showed the basal status and the second was carried out after gas removal with a tube. A set of values derived from bladder and rectum dose–volume histograms (DVH) and dose–surface histograms (DSH) were extracted. Moreover the cylinder position related to the patient craniocaudal axis was recorded.

Results

Rectum volume decreased significantly from 77.8 ± 45 to 55.43 ± 17.6 ml (p = 0.0052) after gas removal. Such volume diminution represented a significant reduction on all rectal DVH parameters analyzed except D_25 % and D_50 %. DSH parameter results were similar to previous ones. A nonsignificant increase of the bladder volume was observed and was associated with an increase of the DVH metrics analyzed.

Conclusion

Removal of gas pockets is a simple and inexpensive maneuver that decreases rectal dose parameters on VBT, which can be translated as a better therapeutic ratio. It also suggests that other actions directed to empty the rectum could have a similar effect.

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Title: Reduction of rectal doses by removal of gas in the rectum during vaginal cuff brachytherapy
Authors: S. Sabater
Mª.M. Sevillano
I. Andres
R. Berenguer
S. Machin-Hamalainen
K. Müller
M. Arenas
Publication date: 01-11-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie / Issue 11/2013
Print ISSN: 0179-7158
Electronic ISSN: 1439-099X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-013-0427-x

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