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2012 AAMD Webinar Series

The Use of Electron Conformal Therapy in the Clinical Setting
Keitt Mobile, MS, RTT, CMD

January 25, 2012
1:00pm EST
$35 Members, $55 Non-Members
Member-Plus: Included with your membership

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Abstract:
The purpose of this talk is to demonstrate that Bolus Electron Conformal Therapy BolusECT is the ideal treatment option for superficial lesions that are difficult to treat due to irregular patient contours. History has shown various materials have been used as bolus material such as water, tinfoil, paraffin wax, etc. BolusECT uses a custom milled bolus to smooth out patient surface irregularities. Compared to conventional bolus BolusECT conforms more closely to the patient surface and reduces air gaps which lead to the patient being under dosed. The custom milled material used in BolusECT allows the clinician to treat fields in a single en face field that were previously treated with multiple matching fields, reducing the risk overlap and overdosing the area. The user is able to control the thickness of BolusECT in order to sculpt the electron beam precisely to the tumor volume while sparing underlying tissues. This research demonstrates that BolusECT provide clinicians with the knowledge that tumor volumes under irregular surfaces are being more accurately treated.

Learning Objectives:
1. Why Electron Conformal Bolus is a viable alternative to traditional bolus
2. How Electron Conformal Bolus is used in the clinical setting
3. Planning process using Electron Conformal Bolus
4. Discussion of case studies using Electron Conformal Bolus

Future webinar topics and speakers:

  • February 29 - Health Care Legislation: The Impact on Cancer Care - Thomas Feeley, MD
  • April 11 - An Introduction to Class Solutions - Matt Palmer, CMD
  • May 23 - An Introduction to Tomotherapy - Stephanie Key, CMD
  • July 11 - Partial Breast Irradiation Techniques - Theresa Kwiatkowski, CMD
  • September 19 - An Introduction to Proton Therapy - Craig McKenzie, CMD

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