A Quantitative Analysis of the Role of Oxygen Tension in FLASH Radiation Therapy.

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Kristoffer PeterssonStephen J McMahon

Abstract

Recent demonstrations of normal tissue sparing by high-dose, high-dose-rate FLASH radiation therapy have driven considerable interest in its application to improve clinical outcomes. However, significant uncertainty remains about the underlying mechanisms of FLASH sparing and how deliveries can be optimized to maximize benefit from this effect. Rapid oxygen depletion has been suggested as a potential mechanism by which these effects occur, but this has yet to be quantitatively tested against experimental data. Models of oxygen kinetics during irradiation were used to develop a time-dependent model of the oxygen enhancement ratio in mammalian cells that incorporates oxygen depletion. The characteristics of this model were then explored in terms of the dose and dose-rate dependence of the oxygen enhancement ratio. This model was also fit to experimental data from both in vitro and in vivo data sets. In cases of FLASH radiation therapy, this model suggests that oxygen levels can be depleted by amounts that are sufficient to affect radiosensitivity only in conditions of intermediate oxygen tension, with no effect seen at high or very low initial oxygen levels. The model also effectively reproduced the dose, dose rate, and oxygen te...Continue Reading

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