Application of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 23 test package for comparison of two treatment planning systems for photon external beam radiotherapy.

Task Group 23 of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee has produced a test package for verification of the accuracy of treatment planning for photon external beam therapy. The package includes measured fundamental beam data for 4 and 18 MV x rays, and 13 test cases with measured dose values at selected points, which serve as the reference for determination of calculated dose accuracy. Test cases include three square fields, two rectangular fields, a wedged field, a blocked field, and an irregular field, as well as cases of an off-center plane, source-to-SOURCE distance (SSD) variation, oblique incidence, and lung and bone inhomogeneities.

Treatment of recurrent pelvic and selected primary gynecologic malignancies with 241Am.

The purpose of this study was to update the experience and demonstrate the effectiveness and limitations of 241Am applicators for previously irradiated patients and for selected patients with primary gynecologic malignancies. Between October 1986 and May 1994, 30 patients were treated with 241Am. The median patient age was 68 years, ranging from 41 to 91 years.