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The current role of Cobalt-60 teletherapy in cancer care
(2021-11)
Cobalt-60 teletherapy for cancer treatment is becoming less common. It is due to advances in Linac technology, such as beam collimation, conformal radiation therapy, and intensity modulation. Despite this, most developing ...
Evaluation of Set-Up Errors and Set-Up Margin in Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy for Pelvic Tumours by Using Electronic Portal Imaging Device
(2022-11)
A set-up error is defined as any deviation between the predetermined and actual treatment positions, and is
determined by measuring the displacement of the treatment field position by comparing the treatment image to ...
Evaluation of scatter dose received by the thyroid region in patients with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chest wall irradiation using 2-d radiotherapy
(2023-07)
According to the Global Cancer Observatory 2020 report, breast cancer is the top most cancer among females in
Sri Lanka. It has been reported that thyroid can receive a significant amount of radiation dose in breast ...
A Study on Workload of a Medical Linear Accelerator at a High Throughput Cancer Treatment Centre in Sri Lanka
(2023-11)
Radiotherapy bunker design depends on several factors, and among them, workload is one of the important factors.
Workload is calculated from the radiation dose delivered at the isocenter. Due to the introduction of ...