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Panyapat Buranaporn1, Pittaya Dankulchai2, Tanwiwat Jaikuna2
1Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Background And Purpose:
To investigate the relationship between deformable image registration (DIR) recalculated dose on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity in postoperative prostate cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy and its actual delivered dose.
Material And Methods:
A total of 114 patients were retrospectively studied. Delineation of rectum and bladder was performed on each CBCT image. Actual delivered dose on CBCT available fraction was recalculated using DIR. Dosimetric parameters of rectum and bladder were then evaluated by Quantitative Analyses of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic study. Differences in mean volume between patients with grade 0-1 and grade 2-5 CTCAEv5.0 toxicities were compared. Relationship between toxicity and radiation volume was analyzed using logit analysis.
Results:
Significant differences between the actual and planned dose-volume were observed in nearly all doses of rectum. High-grade acute rectal toxicity was significantly associated with planned dose-volume in V50 and V75, and actual dose in all doses. High-grade chronic rectal toxicity was significantly associated with all planned and actual rectal dose-volume parameters. There was no significant association between all dose-volume parameters and acute or chronic bladder toxicity.
Conclusion:
Significant differences between actual and planned dose-volume, and significant association between actual dose-volume and acute rectal toxicity, but not planned dose-volume suggests that actual dose-volume may more precisely reflect toxicity due to daily variation in the rectum during the treatment course. Adaptive planning should be considered as a novel approach for reducing toxicity.
