Dosimetric feasibility of hypofractionation for metastatic bone/bone marrow lesions from paediatric solid tumours.

Radiotherapy and Oncology : Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Sophie C HuijskensEnrica Seravalli

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of hypofractionated schedules for metastatic bone/bone marrow lesions in children and to investigate dosimetric differences to the healthy surrounding tissues compared to conventional schedules. 27 paediatric patients (mean age, 7 years) with 50 metastatic bone/bone marrow lesions (n = 26 cranial, n = 24 extra-cranial) from solid primary tumours (neuroblastoma and sarcoma) were included. The PTV was a 2 mm expansion of the GTV. A prescription dose of 36 and 54 Gy EQD2α/β=10 was used for neuroblastoma and sarcoma lesions, respectively. VMAT plans were optimized for each single lesion using different fractionation schedules: conventional (30/20 fractions, V95% ≥ 99%, D0.1cm3 ≤ 107%) and hypofractionated (15/10/5/3 fractions, V100% ≥ 95%, D0.1cm3 ≤ 120%). Relative EQD2 differences in OARs Dmean between the different schedules were compared. PTV coverage was met for all plans independently of the fractionation schedule and for all lesions (V95% range 95.5-100%, V100% range 95.1-100%), with exception of the vertebrae (V100% range 63.5-91.0%). For most OARs, relative mean reduction in the Dmean was seen for the hypofractionated plans compared to the conventional plans, with large...Continue Reading

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