Analysis of low radiation dose outside of the treatment field received by cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/555420

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Every medical intervention is associated with risk. The present proposal aims to quantify the dose from radiation that is delivered outside the actual target region in radiotherapy of breast cancer patients. This information can help the development of better irradiation techniques as well as inform patients and their carers about possible long term side effects. Finally, the research can be used to finetune radiobiological models by comparing clinical outcomes and accurately calculated doses.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $332,384.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Radiotherapy And Nuclear Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Avoidance of side effects | Breast cancer | Cancer treatment | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy | Radiation Oncology Medical Physics | Radiation dose calculation | Secondary cancers

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