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- Title
Total body irradiation through VMAT technique.
- Authors
Ianole, Gigi; Bertescu, Adelina Florentina; Mihai, Mihaela Iuliana
- Abstract
Annually, approximately 80 patients are diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the Fundeni Clinical Institute and only 20% of them have as a therapeutic indication the total body irradiation followed by bone marrow transplant. Total Body Irradiation (TBI) is the most efficient treatment method used internationally in preparing patients for bone marrow transplant, having minimum side effects, the success rate being of 100%. At the Amethyst Radiotherapy Otopeni clinic, the first TBI protocols have been implemented with the latest IMRT-VMAT technique. The procedure is very complex and involves great attention and responsibility from the entire team. Treatment is performed in approximately 6 sessions, on a daily basis, under strict sterilisation conditions. The TBI procedure involves the scanning of the entire body every 2 mm and the reconstruction of each section, from bone to blood, resulting in a virtual reconstruction in volume of the patient. In the optimization stage, structures which are irradiated (bone structures) are differentiated from the rest of the tissue.
- Subjects
TOTAL body irradiation; VOLUMETRIC-modulated arc therapy
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2017, Issue 39, p69
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Article