Your patient is being treated for cervical cancer. The patie…
Your patient is being treated for cervical cancer. The patient is being treated on a Varian 2100 CD machine (calculated SSD 100cm). She is undergoing a 4-field box treatment that includes the inguinal lymph nodes. Your patient had a total hysterectomy before beginning radiation therapy and the doctor is prescribing the dose to the surgical bed. The prescription of the initial dose is 5040 rads to the tumor bed at 180 rads per fraction. The patient will also be receiving a boost dose of 600 rads in 3 fractions to the cervical os. What is the total dose your patient will be receiving?