Background: The Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) of kilovoltage photon beams has been previously investigated in vitro and in silico using analytical methods. The estimated values range from 1.03 to 1.82 depending on the methodology and beam energies examined.
Purpose: The focus of this work was to independently estimate RBE values for a range of clinically used kilovoltage beams (70-200 kVp) while investigating the suitability of using TOPAS-nBio for this task.
Methods: Previously validated spectra of clinical beams were used to generate secondary electron spectra at several depths in a water tank phantom via TOPAS Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Cell geometry was irradiated with the secondary electrons in TOPAS-nBio MC simulations. The deposited dose and the calculated number of DNA strand breaks were used to estimate RBE values.
Results: Monoenergetic secondary electron simulations revealed the highest direct and indirect double strand break yield at approximately 20 keV. The average RBE value for the kilovoltage beams was calculated to be 1.14.
Conclusions: TOPAS-nBio was successfully used to estimate the RBE values for a range of clinical radiotherapy beams. The calculated value was in agreement with previous estimates, providing confidence in its clinical use in the future.
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