@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996614,
	  title     = {Rationality and Evidence of Pre-Prepared Treatment Plan in Oesophageal HDR Brachytherapy},
	  author    = {Jim Meng and  Mammo Yewondwossen},
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	  abstract     = {As a part of routine oesophageal HDR Brachytherapy procedure, treatment planning takes about 45 minutes while patients are under light sedation. Some patients may suffer gagging and/or spasms before the 90-minute brachytherapy procedure complete, and the treatment may need to be aborted. A pre-prepared plan generated before patient’s sedation may reduce the brachytherapy procedure time by 40 minutes. This paper reports rationality and evidence of pre-prepared treatment plans. A retrospective study of 28 patients confirms that pre-prepared plans would be acceptable for all reviewed patients. The rationality is further confirmed by a systemic study with a wide range of applicator curvature and treatment volume. Detailed comparison between CT based treatment plans and pre-prepared plans are discussed. The argument holds for endobronchial HDR brachytherapy too. With the above evidence, pre-prepared plans have been used for all oesophageal and endobronchial HDR brachytherapy cases in our clinic.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Physical and Mathematical Sciences},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {12},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {796 - 798},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996614},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/84},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 84, 2013},
	}