QUANTEC Flashcards
What is the dose tolerances of the rectum?
V50Gy <50%
What is the dose tolerance for the Femur?
V50Gy<5%
What is the dose tolerance for the bladder?
V65Gy<50%
What is the dose tolerance for the small bowel?
V15 < 120cc
What is the dose tolerance for non-target tissue?
- as low as possible
What is the dose tolerance for the thecal sac?
max dose <45 Gy
What is the dose tolerance for thecal sac PRV?
max dose <50Gy to 0.01cc
What is the dose tolerance for the brainstem?
max dose <50Gy
What is the dose tolerance for the brainstem PRV?
max dose <54Gy to 0.01cc
What is the dose tolerance for the TMJ?
max dose <60Gy
What is the dose tolerance for the cochlea?
mean dose <45Gy
What is the dose tolerance for the oral cavity?
mean dose <30Gy
What is the dose tolerance for the penile bulb?
mean dose to 95% < 50Gy
What is the dose tolerance for the parotid?
Unilateral = mean dose <20Gy Bilateral = mean dose <25Gy
What is the end point toxicity for the rectum?
- grade 3+ toxicity
- vaginal rectal fistula
What is the end point toxicity for the femur?
- necrosis
What is the end point toxicity for the bladder?
- grade 3+ toxicity
- urinary discomfort
What is the end point toxicity for the small bowel
- grade 3+ toxicity
What is the end point toxicity for the thecal sac?
- myelopathy
- paralysis
What is the end point toxicity for the brainstem?
- neuropathy
- necrosis
What is the end point toxicity for the TMJ?
- trismus
- limited jaw movement and speech
- decrease oral hygiene
What is the end point toxicity for the Cochlea?
- sensory neural hearing loss
- inflammation and oedema causing compression of cochlear nerve
- fibrosis and ossificaiton of fluid spaces
- progessive degeneration and atrophy of vascular structures
What is the end point toxicity for the oral cavity?
- oral mucositis
- xerostoma
- radiation caries
What is the end point toxicity for the penile bulb?
- erectile dysfunction
What is the end point toxicity for the parotid?
- long term salivary dysfunction
- xerostomia