Scattered radiation to gonads : role of testicular shielding for para-aortic and homolateral illiac nodal radiotherapy
Joint Authors
Singhal, Mukesh Kumar
Kapoor, Akhil
Singh, Daleep
Bagri, Puneet Kumar
Narayan, Satya
Nirban, Raj Kumar
Kumar, Harvindra Singh
Source
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2014), pp.99-101, 3 p.
Publisher
Cairo University National Cancer Institute
Publication Date
2014-06-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : Scattered radiation to organs at risk deserves great attention during radiotherapy especially when the concern is about fertility.
Minimizing the delivery of scattered radiation to the gonads while treating abdominal nodes or pelvic fields in male patients requires adequate shielding of the testes to preserve testicular functions.
We constructed a testicular shield with cerrobend for the purpose of treatment of seminoma of testis stage I and IIA disease.
Materials & methods : An outer shell of coconut of required dimensions was taken as a base over which cerrobend was poured to obtain two semi-spherical half testicular shields.
Five patients of seminoma early stage (stage I and IIA) were treated with this testicular shield.
Results : The estimated total dose received by the testis by scatter radiation after completion of the treatment was 0.115 Gy (0.28 %) of total mid-plane dose of 40 Gy delivered by inverted Y field.
At a distance of 8 cm from the inferior field border the 2 cm thick cerrobend testicular shield provided a shielding factor of 3.2 / 0.3 = 10.33.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Singhal, Mukesh Kumar& Kapoor, Akhil& Singh, Daleep& Bagri, Puneet Kumar& Narayan, Satya& Nirban, Raj Kumar…[et al.]. 2014. Scattered radiation to gonads : role of testicular shielding for para-aortic and homolateral illiac nodal radiotherapy. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute،Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.99-101.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380347
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Singhal, Mukesh Kumar…[et al.]. Scattered radiation to gonads : role of testicular shielding for para-aortic and homolateral illiac nodal radiotherapy. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute Vol. 26, no. 2 (2014), pp.99-101.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380347
American Medical Association (AMA)
Singhal, Mukesh Kumar& Kapoor, Akhil& Singh, Daleep& Bagri, Puneet Kumar& Narayan, Satya& Nirban, Raj Kumar…[et al.]. Scattered radiation to gonads : role of testicular shielding for para-aortic and homolateral illiac nodal radiotherapy. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2014. Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.99-101.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-380347
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 101
Record ID
BIM-380347