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Radiation Dose Analysis in the Cervix Area by Cobalt-60 Irradiation Using the Monte Carlo Method

Authors
Swastya Rahastama1, *, Menasita Mayantasari1, Tania Wulandari1, Rajendra Salim1
1Department of Physics, Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Soekarno Hatta Km.15, Balikpapan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: swastya.r@lecturer.itk.ac.id
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Swastya Rahastama
Available Online 22 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-228-6_2How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Cervical Cancer; MCNPX; Radiotherapy; Treatment Scenario
Abstract

The scattering of radiation rays from Co-60 affects the absorbed dose received by cancer cells and healthy organs. Herein, we tried to investigate the distribution of absorbed dose with skin-to-source distance (SSD) variations inside the cervix area due to irradiation of Co-60 from different locations. As the SSD increased, the absorption dose rate decreased. However, the skin received a lower dose as the SSD is closer to the phantom due to the effect of the linear attenuation coefficient. Furthermore, we also tried to adopt two different treatment scenarios, resulting in an excess absorbed dose of 1.066 Gy in the first scenario and 0.663 Gy in the other one to the cancer cell. The total dose from each scenario to the minor tissue such as skin, blood, and hip bones was obtained with no significant difference observed. The result indicates that the treatment scenario would affect the absorbed dose produced during the treatment process.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on Science and Technology (ISST 2022)
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Advances in Physics Research
Publication Date
22 August 2023
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978-94-6463-228-6
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2352-541X
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