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Prostate
March18, 2011
IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PROSTATE IRRADIATION By Gunilla C. Bentel, RN, RTT Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina INTRODUCTION Bladder and bowel toxicity associated with prostate irradiation is well documented and methods to reduce the frequency and severity of these toxicities have been studied. Conformal therapy techniques, where treatment fields are designed to ...
March18, 2011
ALPHA CRADLE BELLY BOARD FOR SMALL BOWEL MINIMIZATION Lori E. Frank, RTTR, CMD Laura A. Rowley, RTTR, CMD Thomas G. Shanahan, MD Minesh P. Mehta, MD Univ. of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Madison, Wisconsin Many factors have been shown to affect the tolerance of the small bowel to external irradiation. Some examples are previous surgery, ...
March 18, 2011
ALPHA CRADLE® DEVICES WITH PELVIC IRRADIATION REDUCE POSITIONING ERRORS Laura W. Jones, BSRT, T, CMD Deborah Fuller, RTT John Devine, MD Rhonda Jones, RTT Kermit Quesinberry, RTT, Nancy Ramsey, RTT Clint Wynn, MRT South Georgia Medical Center Valdosta, Georgia INTRODUCTION Consistent positioning accuracy is an important factor in the delivery of quality radiation therapy treatments. ...
March 18, 2011
ALPHA CRADLE® BRAND IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE REDUCES POSITIONING ERRORS IN PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH SIX-FIELD CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY Seth A. Rosenthal, MD University of California Sacramento, California INTRODUCTION Cancer of the prostate is the most common malignancy in American males (excluding skin cancers), with an estimated 132,000 cases diagnosed in 1992.2 Of these patients, a ...
March 18, 2011
IMMOBILIZATION OF THE PROSTATE PATIENT WITH ALPHA CRADLE DEVICES Jeffrey Vincent Kostich, President Smithers Medical Products, Inc. North Canton, Ohio ALPHA CRADLE® DEVICES: PF1, PFM, BB Two of the three shells offered for treatment of prostate cancer have recently been developed. These new devices allow the patient to be treated in the supine (Pelvic Form ...