A two-variable linear model of parotid shrinkage during IMRT for head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Sara BroggiRiccardo Calandrino

Abstract

To assess anatomical, clinical and dosimetric pre-treatment parameters, possibly predictors of parotid shrinkage during radiotherapy of head and neck cancer (HNC). Data of 174 parotids from four institutions were analysed; patients were treated with IMRT, with radical and adjuvant intent. Parotid shrinkage was evaluated by the volumetric difference (DeltaV) between parotid volumes at the end and those at the start of the therapy, as assessed by CT images (MVCT for 40 patients, KVCT for 47 patients). Correlation between DeltaVcc/% and a number of dosimetric, clinical and geometrical parameters was assessed. Univariate as well as stepwise logistic multivariate (MVA) analyses were performed by considering as an end-point a DeltaVcc/% larger than the median value. Linear models of DeltaV (continuous variable) based on the most predictive variables found at the MVA were developed. Median DeltaVcc/% were 6.95 cc and 26%, respectively. The most predictive independent variables of DeltaVcc at MVA were the initial parotid volume (IPV, OR: 1.100; p=0.0002) and Dmean (OR: 1.059; p=0.038). The main independent predictors of DeltaV% at MVA were age (OR: 0.968; p=0.041) and V40 (OR: 1.0338; p=0.013). DeltaVcc and DeltaV% may be well describe...Continue Reading

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