RESUMO

In this work the head and neck cancer treatment of a pregnant patient was experimentally simulated. A female anthropomorphic Alderson phantom was used and the absorbed dose to the fetus was evaluated protecting the patient's abdomen with a 7cm lead layer and using no abdomen shielding. The target volume dose was 50Gy. The fetus doses evaluated with and without the lead shielding were, respectively, 0.52±0.039 and 0.88±0.052cGy.

Assuntos

Feto/efeitos da radiação , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/complicações , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/radioterapia , Complicações Neoplásicas na Gravidez/radioterapia , Simulação por Computador , Feminino , Humanos , Imagens de Fantasmas , Gravidez , Proteção Radiológica/instrumentação , Dosagem Radioterapêutica , Dosimetria Termoluminescente