Author(s)

Thais R. Salvador¹, Silvia M. S. Carvalho¹, Mayk V. Coelho²

¹DFQM, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
²Federal University of Alfenas-MG, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

This work presents an application of the Simplex Method for solving an optimal planning problem for cancer treatment by radiotherapy. Linear Programming can aid the optimal planning for radiation therapy, where the concern is to apply a high enough radiation in the tumor while saving significantly healthy regions or critical organs.

Linear Programming, Simplex Method, Radiotherapy

Salvador, T. , Carvalho, S. and Coelho, M. (2016) Application of Simplex Method in the Radiotherapy Treatment. Applied Mathematics, 7, 2229-2240. doi: 10.4236/am.2016.717177.