The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the dosimetric effect of on-line position correction for bladder tumor irradiation and to find methods to predict and handle this effect.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>For 25...
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| author | Koning Caro CE Hulshof Maarten CCM Pool René van de Kamer Jeroen B van Rooijen Dominique C Bel Arjan |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the dosimetric effect of on-line position correction for bladder tumor irradiation and to find methods to predict and handle this effect.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>For 25 patients with unifocal bladder cancer intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with 5 beams was planned. The requirement for each plan was that 99% of the target volume received 95% of the prescribed dose. Tumor displacements from -2.0 cm to 2.0 cm in each dimension were simulated, using 0.5 cm increments, resulting in 729 simulations per patient. We assumed that on-line correction for the tumor was applied perfectly. We determined the correlation between the change in D<sub>99% </sub>and the change in path length, which is defined here as the distance from the skin to the isocenter for each beam. In addition the margin needed to avoid underdosage was determined and the probability that an underdosage occurs in a real treatment was calculated.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Adjustments for tumor displacement with perfect on-line position correction resulted in an altered dose distribution. The altered fraction dose to the target varied from 91.9% to 100.4% of the prescribed dose. The mean D<sub>99% </sub>(± SD) was 95.8% ± 1.0%. There was a modest linear correlation between the difference in D<sub>99% </sub>and the change in path length of the beams after correction (R<sup>2 </sup>= 0.590). The median probability that a systematic underdosage occurs in a real treatment was 0.23% (range: 0 - 24.5%). A margin of 2 mm reduced that probability to < 0.001% in all patients.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>On-line position correction does result in an altered target coverage, due to changes in average path length after position correction. An extra margin can be added to prevent underdosage.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d8b9dd24444bdbadca6ba3f81b2aae2022-12-21T19:14:16ZengBMCRadiation Oncology1748-717X2009-09-01413810.1186/1748-717X-4-38The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancerKoning Caro CEHulshof Maarten CCMPool Renévan de Kamer Jeroen Bvan Rooijen Dominique CBel Arjan<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the dosimetric effect of on-line position correction for bladder tumor irradiation and to find methods to predict and handle this effect.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>For 25 patients with unifocal bladder cancer intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with 5 beams was planned. The requirement for each plan was that 99% of the target volume received 95% of the prescribed dose. Tumor displacements from -2.0 cm to 2.0 cm in each dimension were simulated, using 0.5 cm increments, resulting in 729 simulations per patient. We assumed that on-line correction for the tumor was applied perfectly. We determined the correlation between the change in D<sub>99% </sub>and the change in path length, which is defined here as the distance from the skin to the isocenter for each beam. In addition the margin needed to avoid underdosage was determined and the probability that an underdosage occurs in a real treatment was calculated.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Adjustments for tumor displacement with perfect on-line position correction resulted in an altered dose distribution. The altered fraction dose to the target varied from 91.9% to 100.4% of the prescribed dose. The mean D<sub>99% </sub>(± SD) was 95.8% ± 1.0%. There was a modest linear correlation between the difference in D<sub>99% </sub>and the change in path length of the beams after correction (R<sup>2 </sup>= 0.590). The median probability that a systematic underdosage occurs in a real treatment was 0.23% (range: 0 - 24.5%). A margin of 2 mm reduced that probability to < 0.001% in all patients.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>On-line position correction does result in an altered target coverage, due to changes in average path length after position correction. An extra margin can be added to prevent underdosage.</p>http://www.ro-journal.com/content/4/1/38 |
| spellingShingle | Koning Caro CE Hulshof Maarten CCM Pool René van de Kamer Jeroen B van Rooijen Dominique C Bel Arjan The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer Radiation Oncology |
| title | The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| title_full | The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| title_fullStr | The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| title_short | The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| title_sort | effect of on line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer |
| url | http://www.ro-journal.com/content/4/1/38 |
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