Jeang Eun Hee, Min Soonki, Cho Kwan Ho, Hwang Ui-Jung, Choi Sang Hyoun, Kwak Jungwon, Jeong Jong Hwi, Kim Haksoo, Lee Se Byeong, Shin Dongho, Park Jeonghoon, Kim Joo-Young, Kim Dae Yong, Lim Young Kyung
Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
Department of Radiation Oncology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Radiother Oncol. 2016 Aug;120(2):327-32. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 May 21.
The present study aims to investigate the feasibility of two-dimensional (2D) in vivo rectal dosimetry using an endorectal balloon for the radiotherapy of prostate cancer.
The endorectal balloon was equipped with an unfoldable radiochromic film. The film was unrolled as the balloon was inflated, and rolled as it was deflated. Its mechanical and imaging properties were tested, and the dosimetric effectiveness was evaluated in clinical photon and proton beams.
The size of the endorectal balloon including the film was linearly proportional to the volume of water filled in the balloon, and its position could be identified by X-ray radiography. The loss of dose information due to film cutting was within ±1mm from the cutting line. Applying linear interpolation on cut film, the gamma passing rate was more than 95% for 2%/2mm criteria. The measured dose profiles agreed with the plan within 3% and 4% for the photon and proton beams, respectively. A dose-volume histogram of the anterior rectal wall could be obtained from the measured dose distribution in the balloon, which also agreed well with the plan.
2D in vivo rectal dosimetry is feasible using the endorectal balloon with a radiochromic film in the radiotherapy of prostate cancer.
