Inter-Fraction Motion and Dosimetric Analysis of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Craniospinal Irradiation in Adult Medulloblastoma Patients
Ilaria Bonaparte, Fiorella Cristina Di Guglielmo, Federica Fragnoli, Rosilda Cuscito, Chiara Indellicati, Christian De Pascali, Alessia Surgo, Roberta Carbonara, Valerio Davì, Maria Annunziata Gentile, Roberto Calbi, Morena Caliandro, Giuseppe Sanfrancesco, Alberto Aga, Pietro Cardetta, Michele Anto · 2024
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Description
Irradiating the whole brain and spine of an adult medulloblastoma patient demands the beam land in the same place every day for weeks. Ilaria Bonaparte and co-authors report the setup accuracy of arc therapy for six such patients in a 2024 paper. Patients lay in custom thermoplastic masks while daily cone-beam scans and surface guidance checked their position.
The team recorded shifts on all three axes for every isocenter across treatment. Six patients, three women and three men with a median age of 32, were treated over about a year. Dosimetric data accompanied the motion records. The report gives future centers a realistic picture of how much drift to expect and correct in craniospinal work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ilaria Bonaparte, Fiorella Cristina Di Guglielmo, Federica Fragnoli, Rosilda Cuscito, Chiara Indellicati, Christian De Pascali, Alessia Surgo, Roberta Carbonara, Valerio Davì, Maria Annunziata Gentile, Roberto Calbi, Morena Caliandro, Giuseppe Sanfrancesco, Alberto Aga, Pietro Cardetta, Michele Anto |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |