Site-Specific Education Using Digital Media to Improve Patient Understanding of the Radiotherapy Trajectory: An Interventional Study.

Purpose: The study assessed the effectiveness of a site-specific video educational material in improving patient understanding and confidence regarding radiation therapy trajectory.

Methods And Materials: A quasi experimental longitudinal pretest posttest study was conducted at a referral radiation therapy center from May 2020 to September 2020. It included 52 adult patients admitted for a first course radical radiation therapy.

A comparison between two different immobilization devices for radiation therapy treatment of pelvic cancer using VMAT.

Objectives: To assess setup reproducibility of low kneefix with feetfix (LKF-FF) system and its operator-reported convenience by reference to low dual leg positioner (LDLP), among patients treated with pelvic radiotherapy.

Methods: A retrospective controlled trial was carried out at the radiotherapy unit. It included patients who underwent radical radiotherapy to the pelvis using VMAT, and who benefitted from LDLP (N = 30) or LKF-FF (N = 30) immobilization system.

A comparative study between open-face and closed-face masks for head and neck cancer (HNC) in radiation therapy.

Aim: To determine the setup reproducibility in the radiation treatment of Head and Neck (HN) patients using open face head and shoulder masks (OHSM) with customized headrest (CHR) versus standard closed head and shoulder masks (CHSM) and to determine the patient's level of comfort and satisfaction for both masks.

Methods: Forty patients were prospectively randomized into two groups using simple random sampling. Group 1 was assigned with CHSMs, immobilized with a standard HR (SHR) while Group 2 was assigned with OHSMs, and immobilized with CHR.