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Introducing new plan evaluation indices for prostate dose painting IMRT plans based on apparent diffusion coefficient images

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RADIATION ONCOLOGY
卷 17, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-022-02163-7

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Prostate cancer; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy; Radiobiology; Anatomical parameters; Algorithmic approach

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This study aimed to evaluate the conformity and homogeneity of prostate IMRT dose painting plans based on tumoral cell density and relative volumes of each lesion. The new plan evaluation indices considering cellular density showed significantly lower values compared to conventional indices. Furthermore, there was a stronger relationship between the evaluated indices and tumor control probability.
Background: Dose painting planning would be more complicated due to different levels of prescribed doses and more complex evaluation with conventional plan quality indices considering uniform dose prescription. Therefore, we tried to introduce new indices for evaluating the dose distribution conformity and homogeneity of treatment volumes based on the tumoral cell density and relative volumes of each lesion in prostate IMRT. Methods: CT and MRI scans of 20 male patients having local prostate cancer were used for IMRT DP planning. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) images were imported to a MATLAB program to identify lesion regions based on ADC values automatically. Regions with ADC values lower than 750 mm(2)/s and regions with ADC values higher than 750 and less than 1500 mm(2)/s were considered CTV70Gy (clinical tumor volume with 70 Gy prescribed dose), and CTV60Gy, respectively. Other regions of the prostate were considered as CTV53Gy. New plan evaluation indices based on evaluating the homogeneity (IOE(H)), and conformity (IOE(C)) were introduced, considering the relative volume of each lesion and cellular density obtained from ADC images. These indices were compared with conventional homogeneity and conformity indices and IOEs without considering cellular density. Furthermore, tumor control probability (TCP) was calculated for each patient, and the relationship of the assessed indices were evaluated with TCP values. Results: IOE (H) and IOE (C) with considering cellular density had significantly lower values compared to conventional indices and IOEs without considering cellular density. (P < 0.05). TCP values had a stronger relationship with IOE(H) considering cell density (R-2 = -0.415), and IOE(C) without considering cell density (R-2 = 0.624). Conclusion: IOE plan evaluation indices proposed in this study can be used for evaluating prostate IMRT dose painting plans. We suggested to consider cell densities in the IOE(H) calculation formula and it's appropriate to calculate IOE(C) without considering cell density values.

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