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Evaluation of the effectiveness of novel single-intervention adaptive radiotherapy strategies based on daily dose accumulation.
Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2019 March 13
Parotid gland (PG) shrinkage and neck volume reduction during radiotherapy of head and neck (H&N) cancer patients is a clinical issue that has prompted interest in adaptive radiotherapy (ART). This study focuses on the difference between planned dose and delivered dose and the possible effects of an efficient replanning strategy during the course of treatment. Six patients with H&N cancer treated by tomotherapy were retrospectively enrolled. Thirty daily dose distributions (DMVCT ) were calculated on pretreatment megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) scans. Deformable Image Registration which matched daily MVCT with treatment planning kilovoltage computed tomography was performed. Using the resulting deformation vector field, all daily DMVCT were deformed to the planning kilovoltage computed tomography and resulting doses were accumulated voxel per voxel. Cumulative DMVCT was compared to planned dose distribution performing γ-analysis (2 mm, 2% of 2.2 Gy). Two single-intervention ART strategies were executed on the 18th fraction whose previous data had suggested to be a suitable timepoint for a single replanning intervention: (1) replanning on the original target and deformed organ at risks (OARs) (a "safer" approach regarding tumor coverage) and (2) replanning on both deformed target and deformed OARs. DMVCT showed differences between planned and delivered doses (3D-γ 2mm/2%-passing rate = 85 ± 1%, p < 0.001). Voxel by voxel dose accumulation showed an increase in average dose of warped PG of 3.0 Gy ± 3.3 Gy. With ART the average dose of warped PG decreased by 3.2 Gy ± 1.7 Gy in comparison to delivered dose without replanning when both target and OARs were deformed. Average dose of warped PG decreased by 2.0 Gy ± 1.4 Gy when only OARs were deformed. Anatomical variations lead to increased doses to PGs. Efficient single-intervention ART-strategies with replanning on the 18th MVCT result a reduced PG dose. A strategy with deformation of both target and OAR resulted in the lowest PG dose, while formally maintaining PTV coverage. Deformation of only OAR nevertheless reduces PG dose and has less uncertainties regarding PTV coverage.
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