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ArticleJournal of medical physics

Assessing Heterogeneity Effects on Points A, B, and Organs at Risk Doses in High-dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer - A Comparison of

Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, Sedigheh Sina, Ali Soleimani Meigooni

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Mohammad Hossein SadeghiDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Sedigheh SinaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Ali Soleimani MeigooniDepartment of Radiation, Medicine UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA.

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Purpose: The present article deals with investigating the effects of tissue heterogeneity consideration on the dose distribution of Materials and Methods: A Monte Carlo N-Particle 5 (MCNP5) code was developed for the simulation of the dose distribution in homogeneous and heterogeneous phantoms for cervical cancer patients. The phantoms represented water-equivalent and human body-equivalent tissues. Treatment data for a patient undergoing HDR-BT with a Results: The results showed a good agreement between the calculated dose in the homogeneous phantom and the real patient's treatment data, with a relative difference of less than 5% for both sources. However, when comparing the absorbed doses at critical points such as Point A right, Point A left, Point B right, Point B left, bladder International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurement (ICRU) point, and recto-vaginal ICRU point, the study revealed significant percentage differences (approximately 5.85% to 12.02%) between the homogeneous and heterogeneous setups for both Conclusions: The study concludes that

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Brachytherapycervical cancerheterogeneityMonte Carlo simulations

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PMID39131438
PMCPMC11309145

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