Monte Carlo N-particle (MCNP) simulation of prostate cancer brachytherapy with edema and I-125 seed displacement

• Main Author: Almanza, Dustin Lorenz V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Prostate; Prostate > Cancer; Edema
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5540
• Institution: De La Salle University

In prostate cancer brachytherapy, edema and source displacement are not accounted for in treatment planning. Edema or swelling of the prostate, results from trauma due to source implantation. The increase in prostate volume due to trauma results to source displacement that can affect the delivered d...