Establishment of Image guided brachytherapy using newly developed high quality vaginal wall spacer

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25461914
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Radiation science
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshida Kenji 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (80351906)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SASAKI Ryohei 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 特命教授 (30346267)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NISHIMURA Hideki 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 特命講師 (80444610)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 画像誘導小線源治療 / 放射線治療 / 子宮頸癌

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Image guided brachytherapy (IGBT) has been introduced for the treatment of cervical cancer. By using IGBT, precise treatmet can be done and prpblems to be improved in the dose reduction of organs at ris were clarified. The purpose of this study is to create the new vaginal spacer to decrease the rectal dose for the clinical treatment. However, not only the spacer, new applicator, which is suitable for the Asian was turned out to be indispensable for the completion of our aim during the development of spacer. Threofore, we have to combine these two creations and now we have been creating these two devices.

Free Research Field

放射線腫瘍学