Radiation Oncology Journal

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Interfraction variation and dosimetric changes during image-guided radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients

  • Fuchs, Frederik (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)) ;
  • Habl, Gregor (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)) ;
  • Devecka, Michal (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)) ;
  • Kampfer, Severin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)) ;
  • Combs, Stephanie E. (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM)) ;
  • Kessel, Kerstin A. (Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM))
  • Received : 2018.11.20
  • Accepted : 2019.03.15
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify volume changes and dose variations of rectum and bladder during radiation therapy in prostate cancer (PC) patients. Materials and Methods: We analyzed 20 patients with PC treated with helical tomotherapy. Daily image guidance was performed. We re-contoured the entire bladder and rectum including its contents as well as the organ walls on megavoltage computed tomography once a week. Dose variations were analyzed by means of Dmedian, Dmean, Dmax, V10 to V75, as well as the organs at risk (OAR) volume. Further, we investigated the correlation between volume changes and changes in Dmean of OAR. Results: During treatment, the rectal volume ranged from 62% to 223% of its initial volume, the bladder volume from 22% to 375%. The average Dmean ranged from 87% to 118% for the rectum and 58% to 160% for the bladder. The Pearson correlation coefficients between volume changes and corresponding changes in Dmean were -0.82 for the bladder and 0.52 for the rectum. The comparison of the dose wall histogram (DWH) and the dose volume histogram (DVH) showed that the DVH underestimates the percentage of the rectal and bladder volume exposed to the high dose region. Conclusion: Relevant variations in the volume of OAR and corresponding dose variations can be observed. For the bladder, an increase in the volume generally leads to lower doses; for the rectum, the correlation is weaker. Having demonstrated remarkable differences in the dose distribution of the DWH and the DVH, the use of DWHs should be considered.

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