Giridharan Sampath

Center for Interdisciplinary Research, D. Y. Patil University, Kolhapur, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Analysis of central vaginal cuff HDR brachytherapy using various cylinder sizes-literature review
  Author(s): Giridharan Sampath*, Satheeshkumar Anbazhagan and Chandrakant D. Lokhande
  
  Background: The technique of brachytherapy in the radiation treatment is superior modality of achieving the radiotherapy goals like maximum dose to the target area and very minimal dose to the other normal organs. But some of the difficulties in the brachytherapy procedures many of radiation therapy centers are forgot their patient’s excellent outcomes of brachytherapy techniques and some of the centers are restricted to minimal application like intracavitory, surface mould. On another side, reducing interest in brachytherapy treatment was financial issues of the institution like source cost and maintenance. Due to that there is no major research happening in that field of brachytherapy. So since 1995 brachytherapy dose calculation algorithm of TG-43 was using worldwide which is not accounting the applicator attenuation and patient heterogeneity in the treatment. The many author.. Read More»
  

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