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- Title
What benefit could be derived from on-line adaptive prostate radiotherapy using rectal diameter as a predictor of motion?
- Authors
Oates, Richard; Gill, Suki; Foroudi, Farshad; Lim Joon, Michael; Schneider, Michal; Bressel, Mathias; Kron, Tomas
- Abstract
This study investigated a relationship between rectum diameter and prostate motion during treatment with a view to reducing planning target volume (PTV) margins for an adaptive protocol. One hundred and ninety-four cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 10 patients were used to relate rectum diameter on CBCTto prostate intrafraction displacement. A threshold rectum diameter was used to model the impact of an adaptive PTV margin on rectum and bladder dose. Potential dose escalation with a 6 mm uniform margin adaptive protocol was compared to a PTV margin of 10 mm expansion of the clinical target volume (CTV) except 6 mm posterior. Of 194 fractions, 104 had a maximum rectal diameter of ≤3.5 cm. The prostate displaced ≤4 mm in 102 of those fractions. Changing from a standard to an adaptive PTV margin reduced the volume of rectum receiving 25, 50, 60, and 70 Gy by around 12, 9, 10, and 16%, respectively and bladder by approximately 21, 27, 29, and 35%, respectively. An average dose escalation of 4.2 Gy may be possible with an adaptive prostate radiotherapy protocol. In conclusion, a relationship between the prostate motion and the diameter of the rectum on CBCT potentially could enable daily adaptive radiotherapy which can be implemented from the first fraction.
- Subjects
PROSTATE; EXOCRINE glands; MALE reproductive organs; RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Medical Physics, 2015, Vol 40, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0971-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0971-6203.152237