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Complete re-optimization of online treatment plans ensures better adherence to dose-volume criteria, especially for prostate cancer patients with significant anatomical changes. This approach maintains target coverage and organ sparing compared to standard re-planning methods.

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Adaptive treatment planningMR-LinacMRI guided radiotherapyOnline plan optimization

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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

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  • Online adaptive radiotherapy requires efficient workflows for daily treatment plan adjustments.
  • Current re-planning methods adapt existing plans, which can be suboptimal for significant anatomical variations.
  • Investigating complete re-optimization versus standard re-planning is crucial for improving treatment efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the quality of treatment plans generated by complete re-optimization against the current re-planning approach.
  • To evaluate plan adaptation strategies for prostate cancer patients undergoing daily online adjustments.
  • To assess the impact of anatomical changes on plan quality in adaptive radiotherapy.

Main Methods:

  • Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) was used to generate reference plans for ten prostate cancer patients.
  • Adapted plans were created using both current re-planning and full PSO re-optimization for each fraction.
  • Compliance with institutional dose-volume criteria was evaluated, alongside relative volume changes in PTVs, rectum, and bladder.

Main Results:

  • PSO re-optimization demonstrated significantly higher adherence to dose-volume criteria (74% of plans met criteria) compared to the reference approach (56%) and clinical plans (41%).
  • Large bladder volume reductions (>50%) in the reference approach correlated with decreased PTV60 D98% below 56 Gy.
  • Complete re-optimization maintained target coverage and organ-at-risk sparing even with substantial anatomical variations.

Conclusions:

  • Complete re-optimization effectively preserves target coverage and organ-at-risk sparing, even with significant daily anatomical changes.
  • Standard re-planning, while adequate for minor variations, leads to compromised target coverage and organ sparing when anatomical changes are large.
  • Daily adaptive radiotherapy benefits from full re-optimization strategies to ensure consistent treatment quality.