Journal
JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH
Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 198-206Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrx081
Keywords
radiotherapy; brachytherapy; model-based dose calculation algorithm; Monte Carlo simulation; cervical cancer
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [15K19199]
- Japanese Society for microSelectron HDR
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K19199, 26860970] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We evaluated the impact of model-based dose calculation algorithms (MBDCAs) on high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) treatment planning for patients with cervical cancer. Seven patients with cervical cancer treated using HDR-BT were studied. Tandem and ovoid applicators were used in four patients, a vaginal cylinder in one, and interstitial needles in the remaining two patients. MBDCAs were applied to the Advanced Collapsed cone Engine (ACE; Elekta, Stockholm, Sweden). All plans, which were originally calculated using TG-43, were re-calculated using both ACE and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Air was used as the rectal material. The mean difference in the rectum D-2cm3 between ACE(rec-air) and MCrec-air was 8.60 +/- 4.64%, whereas that in the bladder D-2cm3 was - 2.80 +/- 1.21%. Conversely, in the small group analysis (n = 4) using water instead of air as the rectal material, the mean difference in the rectum D-2cm3 between TG-43 and ACE(rec-air) was 11.87 +/- 2.65%, whereas that between TG-43 and ACE(rec-water) was 0.81 +/- 2.04%, indicating that the use of water as the rectal material reduced the difference in D-2cm3 between TG-43 and ACE. Our results suggested that the differences in the dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters of TG-43 and ACE were large for the rectum when considerable air (gas) volume was present in it, and that this difference was reduced when the air (gas) volume was reduced. Also, ACE exhibited better dose calculation accuracy than that of TG-43 in this situation. Thus, ACE may be able to calculate the dose more accurately than TG-43 for HDR-BT in treating cervical cancers, particularly for patients with considerable air (gas) volume in the rectum.
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