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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Cancer Treatment Technology

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  • Energy-specific collimation in pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy enhances lateral dose conformity and healthy tissue sparing.
  • Proton arc delivery aims to improve high-dose conformity, reduce skin toxicity, and increase plan robustness.
  • Combining these techniques presents a potential advancement for maximizing proton therapy's dosimetric benefits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if combining proton arc delivery with energy-specific collimation (Dynamically Collimated Proton Arc Therapy - DC-PAT) yields superior dose distributions.
  • To assess the dosimetric advantages of DC-PAT compared to traditional and uncollimated arc proton therapy methods.

Main Methods:

  • A novel DyNamically collimated proton Arc (DNA) genetic optimization algorithm was developed for proton arc therapy.
  • A comparative study generated uncollimated two-field intensity modulated proton therapy and partial arc treatments.
  • These treatments were replanned using energy-specific collimation via a dynamic collimation system, creating DC-PAT plans.

Main Results:

  • Arc deliveries showed superior target conformity and improved organ at risk (OAR) sparing over two-field treatments, with a slight increase in low-dose regions in the brain.
  • DC-PAT, utilizing the DNA optimizer, further enhanced tumor dose conformity.
  • Compared to uncollimated proton arc treatments, DC-PAT reduced the mean dose to surrounding healthy tissue by 11.4% without significantly impacting maximum skin dose.

Conclusions:

  • DC-PAT demonstrates the potential to spare specific OARs more effectively while maintaining target coverage compared to uncollimated proton arc treatments.
  • This proof-of-concept integration of emerging technologies shows promising results for superior treatment plans in proton therapy.
  • Further development of DC-PAT is warranted to fully realize its dosimetric advantages.