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The Role of Plan Robustness Evaluation in Comparing Protons and Photons Plans - An Application on IMPT and IMRT Plans in Skull Base Chordomas

Noufal, Manthala Padannayil ; Widesott, Lamberto ; Sharma, Shamurailatpam Dayananda ; Righetto, Roberto ; Cianchetti, Marco ; Schwarz, Marco

Journal of medical physics, 2020-10, Vol.45 (4), p.206-214 [Periódico revisado por pares]

India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd

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  • Título:
    The Role of Plan Robustness Evaluation in Comparing Protons and Photons Plans - An Application on IMPT and IMRT Plans in Skull Base Chordomas
  • Autor: Noufal, Manthala Padannayil ; Widesott, Lamberto ; Sharma, Shamurailatpam Dayananda ; Righetto, Roberto ; Cianchetti, Marco ; Schwarz, Marco
  • Assuntos: Chordomas ; Dosimetry ; Evaluation ; integral dose ; Intensity-modulated proton therapy ; intensity-modulated radiotherapy ; Optimization ; Organs ; Original ; Photons ; proton beam therapy ; Protons ; Radiation therapy ; Radiotherapy ; robust evaluation ; robust optimization ; Robustness (mathematics) ; Skull ; Spinal cord ; Uncertainty
  • É parte de: Journal of medical physics, 2020-10, Vol.45 (4), p.206-214
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  • Descrição: To analyze robustness of treatment plans optimized using different approaches in intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) and investigate the necessity of robust optimization and evaluation in intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans for skull base chordomas. Two photon plans, standard IMRT and robustly optimized IMRT (RB-IMRT), and two IMPT plans, robustly optimized multi field optimization (MFO) and hybrid-MFO (HB-MFO), were created in RayStation TPS for five patients previously treated using single field uniform optimization (SFO). Both set-up and range uncertainties were incorporated during robust optimization of IMPT plans whereas only set-up uncertainty was used in RB-IMRT. The dosimetric outcomes from the five planning techniques were compared for every patient using standard dose volume indices and integral dose (ID) estimated for target and organs at risk (OARs). Robustness of each treatment plan was assessed by introducing set-up uncertainties of ±3 mm along the three translational axes and, only in protons, an additional range uncertainty of ±3.5%. All the five nominal plans provided comparable and clinically acceptable target coverage. In comparison to nominal plans, worst case decrease in D of clinical target volume-high risk (CTV-HR) were 11.1%, 13.5%, and 13.6% for SFO, MFO, and HB-MFO plans respectively. The corresponding values were 13.7% for standard IMRT which improved to 11.5% for RB-IMRT. The worst case increased in high dose (D ) to CTV-HR was highest in IMRT (2.1%) and lowest in SFO (0.7%) plans. Moreover, IMRT showed worst case increases in D for all neurological OARs and were lowest for SFO plans. The worst case D for brainstem, chiasm, spinal cord, optic nerves, and temporal lobes were increased by 29%, 41%, 30%, 41% and 14% for IMRT and 18%, 21%, 21%, 24%, and 7% for SFO plans, respectively. In comparison to IMRT, RB-IMRT improved D of all neurological OARs ranging from 5% to 14% in worst case scenarios. Based on the five cases presented in the current study, all proton planning techniques (SFO, MFO and HB-MFO) were robust both for target coverage and OARs sparing. Standard IMRT plans were less robust than proton plans in regards to high doses to neurological OARs. However, robust optimization applied to IMRT resulted in improved robustness in both target coverage and high doses to OARs. Robustness evaluation may be considered as a part of plan evaluation procedure even in IMRT.
  • Editor: India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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