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Dosimetric impact of interfractional organs at risk variation during high-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2018 October 16
We sought to develop a framework for the identification and management of patients at risk for organs at risk (OARs) overdosing due to interfractional anatomic variation during high-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies. We analyzed 40 high-dose rate interstitial brachytherapy fractions from 10 patients. Planned OAR doses were compared to delivered doses, which were calculated from computed tomography scans obtained prior to each treatment fraction. Doses were converted to equivalent doses in 2 Gy fractions (EQD2) and doses to the most exposed 2 cm3 (D2cc ) were reviewed. Patients were risk-stratified by identifying dose thresholds corresponding to a 10% or lower risk of receiving an OAR dose exceeding the corresponding planning constraint. For each OAR, 30% to 62.5% of patients received total doses greater than planned, although the magnitude of these differences was <4 Gy in over 75% of cases. Using EMBRACE II guidelines, one patient who had met the planning constraint for bladder and one for small bowel were found to have received doses exceeding the recommended limits. We next calculated thresholds for estimating the risk of OAR overdosing in individual patients and developed a framework based on these thresholds to direct time- and resource-intensive imaging and replanning efforts toward patients who are most likely to derive benefit. In summary, differential OAR dosing due to interfractional anatomic variation is common but likely rarely clinically meaningful. The proposed framework could decrease toxicity and maximize clinical efficiency.
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