Treatment margins in radiotherapy for liver tumors visualized as T2*-hypointense areas on SPIO-enhanced MRI at 9.4 T.

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Toshihiro FurutaHirofumi Fujii

Abstract

To investigate whether a SPIO-labeling technique could enable MR visualization of the treatment margin after X-irradiation at a single dose of 30 Gy. Fifteen rats bearing N1-S1 hepatoma in either the left (group 1) or right (group 2) liver lobe were examined. Four hours after systemic SPIO administration, the left lobe was selectively irradiated at 30 Gy. Liver T2* maps were acquired 7 days later using a 9.4 T scanner. The livers were excised and examined histologically. The irradiated area showed T2*-weighted hypointensity with significantly shorter T2* values than those in the non-irradiated area (p < 0.001). Tumors in group 1 completely disappeared, whereas tumors in group 2 had grown outside the T2*-weighted hypointensity by up to ~ 2.3 times that at baseline. Group 1 showed significantly higher probability of tumor regression than group 2 (p = 0.048). Histologically, iron deposition was heavier in irradiated areas than in non-irradiated areas. Even at a single dose of 30 Gy, which is a slightly higher dose than can be used clinically in stereotactic body radiotherapy, MR visualization of the treatment margin was achieved, because tumors showed significant growth outside the T2*-hypointense areas. In contrast, tumors disapp...Continue Reading

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