• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.133-145
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• 1995

1. Purpose : 30 patients with uterine cervical cancer who had been treated at Department of radiation Oncology of Korea university Hospital from June, 1, 1994. to December. 31, 1994. were analyzed to the radiation field accuracy using verification films. 2. Methods and Materials : 30 patients were divided by 6 groups, 5 patients respectively : Group (1) : Standard physique, supine not-fixed Group (2) : Standard physique, supine fixed Group (3) : Obesity physique, supine, not-fixed Group (4) : Obesity physique, supine, not-fixed Group (5) : Obesity physique, prone, not-fixed Group (6) : Obesity physique, prone, fixed All groups were taken verification fimls during the whole treatment period, and it compared with simulation films and portal fimls, 3. Results : This results suggest that all patients should be immovilized and especially obesity physique patients should be treated by prone position in order to reduce radiation field discrepancy. In addition, this results should help to prescribe appropriate safty margins for patients simulation.

• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.156-166
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• 1995

Total body irradiation (TBI) requires large radiation field and extended source to axis distance (SAD), therefore in needs large size treatment room and it needs compensators which components. Appropriate thickness beam spoiler should be used to raise skin dose. Treatment machine, photon energy, total dose, dose rate, dose fractionation, patient position, shield of normal tissues and organs were known to important parameters for TBI. TBI disturbes regular daily treatment schedule and significantly overloads Radiation on oncology departments and during the treatment session it requires accurate reproduction of radiation field and patient position. We were enable to TBI in small size treatment room and short SAD with parallel opposing lateral fields technique and achieved homogenious whole body dose distribution using pb compensators and controled lung dose by lung shield blocks. Drawing a patient shadow on the wall, we could shortened set up time and possible to accurate reproduction of radiation field and patient position.