How much should you worry about contaminant neutrons in spatially fractionated grid radiation therapy?

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 1; p. e0280433
• Main Authors: Mahmoudi, Farshid, Mohammadi, Najmeh, Haghighi, Meysam, Alirezaei, Zahra, Jabbari, Iraj, Chegeni, Nahid, Elmtalab, Soheil, Vega-Carrillo, Hector Rene, Kazemian, Ali, Geraily, Ghazale, Karimi, Amir Hossein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.01.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Apoptosis; Auroral kilometric radiation; Cancer therapies; Complications and side effects; Compression; Contaminants; Contamination; Delay time; Dosimetry; Energy; Engineering and Technology; Fluence; Geometry; Health aspects; Humans; Libraries; Linear accelerators; Medicine and Health Sciences; Monte Carlo Method; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron radiation; Neutrons; Particle Accelerators; Patients; Photons; Physical Sciences; Radiation; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Protection; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Research and analysis methods; Sensors; Tumors; Iran

Neutron contamination in radiation therapy is of concern in treatment with high-energy photons (> 10 MV). With the development of new radiotherapy modalities such as spatially fractionated grid radiation therapy (SFGRT) or briefly grid radiotherapy, more studies are required to evaluate the risks...