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Zineb Dahbi1,2, Reyzane El Mjabber1,2, Amal Bouziyane3,4
1Radiation Oncology, Mohammed VI University of Sciences and Health, Casablanca, MAR.
Cureus
|January 30, 2026
まとめ
骨盤部放射線療法後、腰仙部神経叢(LSP)への放射線量が高いほど、放射線誘発性腰仙部神経叢症(RILP)と関連する。性別および糖尿病もRILPを予測し、個別化された線量制限の必要性を強調する。
科学分野:
- 放射線腫瘍学
- 神経学
- 医学物理学
背景:
- 放射線誘発性腰仙部根症(RILP)は、骨盤部放射線療法における見過ごされがちな合併症である。
- 長期的な神経学的後遺症や生活の質への影響を引き起こす可能性がある。
研究 の 目的:
- 腰仙部神経叢(LSP)への放射線量分布とRILP発生との関連を調査する。
- RILPの予測因子を特定する。
主な方法:
- 骨盤部放射線療法後の癌検診患者175例の後ろ向き解析。
- CT/MRIスキャンでの腰仙部神経叢(LSP)の描出。
- 治療計画の線量測定学的解析とOswestry Disability Index(ODI)スコアとの相関。
主要な成果:
- RILP(Grade 3)は患者の13%に観察された。
- より高い中央値最大LSP線量(72.1 Gy対60.2 Gy)および照射標的容積とのLSP容積重複率(54.5%対18.4%)がRILPと関連していた。
- 男性および既存の糖尿病も予測因子であった。
結論:
- LSPへの放射線量増加、特にDmaxおよび高線量容積は、RILPと有意に関連する。
- LSPは骨盤部放射線療法計画においてリスク臓器として考慮されるべきである。
- 神経毒性を最小限に抑えるためには、個別化された線量制限が不可欠である。
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