Development of a dose escalation of hybrid IMRT protocol for metastatic cancer patients based on SBRT protocol comparing resource constraints for developing countries.

Project ID: ARP/2023/A&S/04/10

Funding Source: AUST Internal Research Grant

Project Awarded: 13^th September, 2023

 

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Md. Ashrafur Rahman

Professor, A&S Department, AUST

 

Co-principal Investigator/s:

Prof. Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam

Additional Chief Medical Physicist & Head, Radiotherapy Department, Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital

Ms. Subrina Sharmin

Assistant Professor, A&S Department, AUST

 

Project Duration: 2 years

Budget approved: 5,00,000/-

 

Expected Research Outcomes:

• The series of dose steps for MFLD and LFHD calculated in the present study will be comparable with the acute/early effect as in conventional IMRT. Both the early effect and the BED for tumor remains same for all cases and the protocols proposed in this study can provide same tumor control. Therefore, these two schemes will be able to reduce the overall treatment time and costs as well as alleviate the sufferings of the dying metastatic patients with the limited treatment setup.