Radiobiological optimization comparison between pulse-dose-rate and high-dose-rate brachytherapy in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

Brachytherapy
P AnnedeCyrus Chargari

Abstract

Only scarce data are available on the possibility to include radiobiological optimization as part of the dosimetric process in cervical cancer treated with brachytherapy (BT). We compared dosimetric outcomes of pulse-dose-rate (PDR) and high-dose-rate (HDR)-BT, according to linear-quadratic model. Three-dimensional dosimetric data of 10 consecutive patients with cervical cancer undergoing intracavitary image-guided adaptive PDR-BT after external beam radiation therapy were examined. A new HDR plan was generated for each patient using the same method as for the PDR plan. The procedure was intended to achieve the same D90 high-risk clinical target volume with HDR as with PDR planning after conversion into dose equivalent per 2 Gy fractions (EQD2) following linear-quadratic model. Plans were compared for dosimetric variables. As per study's methodology, the D90 high-risk clinical target volume was strictly identical between PDR and HDR plans: 91.0 Gy (interquartile: 86.0-94.6 Gy). The median D98 intermediate-risk clinical target volume was 62.9 GyEQD2 with HDR vs. 65.0 GyEQD2 with PDR (p < 0.001). The median bladder D2cc was 65.6 GyEQD2 with HDR, vs. 62 GyEQD2 with PDR (p = 0.004). Doses to the rectum, sigmoid, and small bowel wer...Continue Reading

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