Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology  1989;7(1):81-84

Intracavitary Dosimetry: A Comparison of Doses at Point A and B to Curie-minutes in Cervical Cancer.

Seung Jee HUH 1

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Keywords

Intracavitary radiotherapy; Point A and B; Curie-minutes

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

This study, involving thirty-two patients with carcinoma of uterine cervix treated by high dose rate intracavitary irradiation using a remotely controlled afterloading system, compares the doss at point A and B with the Curie-minutes prescription. A linear least-square regression analysis was used to compare the two sets of date. Correlation coefficients between doses at points A and B arid the Ci-min prescription are 0.92(p<0.001) and 0.90 (p<0.001), respectively, and linear relationship is observed between these two system. The limitation and significance of the comparison of the two approaches to intracavitary dosimetry is discussed.