Prone versus supine positioning for whole and partial-breast radiotherapy: A comparison of non-target tissue dosimetry
Prone versus supine positioning for whole and partial-breast radiotherapy: A comparison of non-target tissue dosimetry
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DOI:
10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.014
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发表时间:
2010-08-01
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5.7
通讯作者:
Yarnold, John R.
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作者:
Kirby, Anna M.;Evans, Philip M.;Yarnold, John R.
Purpose To compare non-target tissue (including left-anterior-descending coronary-artery (LAD)) dosimetry of prone versus supine whole (WBI) and partial-breast irradiation (PBI).Methods and materials Sixty-five post-lumpectomy breast cancer patients underwent CT-imaging supine and prone On each dataset, the whole-breast clinical-target-volume (WB-CTV), partial-breast CTV (tumour-bed + 15 mm), ipsilateral-lung and chest-wall were outlined Heart and LAD were outlined in left-sided cases (n = 30) Tangential-field WBI and PBI plans were generated for each position. Mean LAD, heart, and ipsilateral-lung doses (x(mean)), maximum LAD (LAD(max)) doses, and the volume of chest-wall receiving 50 Gy (V-50Gy) were comparedResults Two-hundred and sixty plans were generated Prone positioning reduced heart and LAD doses in 19/30 WBI cases (median reduction in LAD(mean) = 62 Gy) and 7/30 PBI cases (median reduction in LAD(max) = 29 3 Gy) (no difference in 4/30 cases) However, prone positioning increased cardiac doses in 8/30 WBI (median Increase in LAD(mean) = 95 Gy) and 19/30 PBI cases (median increase in LAD(max) = 22 9 Gy) (no difference in 3/30 cases) WB-CTV > 1000cm(3) was associated with improved cardiac dosimetry in the prone position for Will (p = 0.04) and PBI (p = 0 04) Prone positioning reduced ipsilateral-lung(mean) in 65/65 Will and 61/65 PBI cases, and chest-wall V-50Gy in all WBI cases PBI reduced normal-tissue doses compared to WBI in all cases. regardless of the treatment positionConclusions In the context of tangential-field WBI and PBI, prone positioning is likely to benefit left-breast-affected women of larger breast volume, but to be detrimental in left-breast-affected women of smaller breast volume Right-breast-affected women are likely to benefit from prone positioning regardless of breast volume. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd All rights reserved Radiotherapy and Oncology 96 (2010) 178-184