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Light Pareto robust optimization (LPRO) improves intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans for breast cancer by balancing worst-case robustness with average-case treatment quality. This method enhances dose falloff and reduces cardiac dose without compromising target irradiation.

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  • Medical Physics
  • Computational Biology

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  • Robust optimization (RO) in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) addresses breathing motion uncertainty but can be overly conservative.
  • Pareto robust optimization (PRO) improves non-worst-case outcomes but may still be pessimistic in average cases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the trade-off between worst-case robustness and non-worst-case treatment quality in IMRT.
  • To introduce and evaluate a light Pareto robust optimization (LPRO) method for IMRT.
  • To assess LPRO's clinical viability in improving average-case plan quality while maintaining robustness.

Main Methods:

  • Developed and applied LPRO to five left-sided breast cancer patients using 4D-CT data.
  • Simulated 50 breathing patterns per patient to evaluate plan performance under uncertainty.
  • Optimized for cardiac sparing and target dose robustness, followed by overdose minimization in a second stage.
  • Quantified trade-offs using accumulated dose and evaluated plans with clinical dose-volume criteria.

Main Results:

  • LPRO models demonstrated significantly sharper dose falloffs compared to RO and PRO.
  • Plans achieved clinical viability with minimal average additional cardiac dose (+0.1 Gy).
  • Diminishing returns for cardiac dose reduction were observed beyond +0.2 Gy.

Conclusions:

  • LPRO produces viable IMRT plans with true total-target irradiation without sacrificing robustness.
  • The LPRO approach mitigates the non-worst-case downside of RO.
  • LPRO avoids the characteristic overdosing and average-case pessimism of prior robust optimization models.