TY - JOUR
T1 - Reducing heart dose during left breast cancer radiotherapy
T2 - Comparison among 3 radiation techniques
AU - D'Agostino, Giuseppe R.
AU - Diletto, Barbara
AU - Mantini, Giovanna
AU - Nardone, Luigia
AU - Carlo Mattiucci, Gian
AU - Catucci, Francesco
AU - Canna, Roberta
AU - Martino, Antonella
AU - Azario, Luigi
AU - Valentini, Vincenzo
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Purpose: Breast cancer survivors have a high risk of cardiac death as a consequence of heart irradiation during left breast tangential radiotherapy (RT). This study compares the cardiac dose delivered by standard 3D conformal tangential RT (CRT) to that delivered by prospective-gating RT (PGRT) or 5-field intensity-modulated RT (IMRT). Methods: Patients with early left breast cancer, referred for adjuvant RT to our institution, were enrolled in this study. For each patient, 2 simulation computed tomography scans were acquired: the first during free breathing, and the second on prospective gating during deep inspiration breath-hold. The scans were monitored by the Varian RPM™ respiratory gating system. For each patient, 3 treatment plans were performed: a 3D-CRT and an IMRT plan, each based on the free-breathing scan, and a PGRT plan, based on the deep inspiration breath-hold scan. Dose-volume histograms were compared by means of the Friedman test. Results: The median mean heart dose was 3 Gy (range 0.9-7.3 Gy) in the CRT plans, 1.9 Gy (range 0.5-3.6 Gy) in the PGRT plans, and 4.5 Gy (range 1.1-10.5 Gy) in the IMRT plans (p = 0.001). The mean heart V25 was 1.2% (range 0%-9.7%), 0% (range 0%-2.0%), and 0.2% (range 0%-7.3%) for CRT, PGRT, and IMRT plans, respectively (p
AB - Purpose: Breast cancer survivors have a high risk of cardiac death as a consequence of heart irradiation during left breast tangential radiotherapy (RT). This study compares the cardiac dose delivered by standard 3D conformal tangential RT (CRT) to that delivered by prospective-gating RT (PGRT) or 5-field intensity-modulated RT (IMRT). Methods: Patients with early left breast cancer, referred for adjuvant RT to our institution, were enrolled in this study. For each patient, 2 simulation computed tomography scans were acquired: the first during free breathing, and the second on prospective gating during deep inspiration breath-hold. The scans were monitored by the Varian RPM™ respiratory gating system. For each patient, 3 treatment plans were performed: a 3D-CRT and an IMRT plan, each based on the free-breathing scan, and a PGRT plan, based on the deep inspiration breath-hold scan. Dose-volume histograms were compared by means of the Friedman test. Results: The median mean heart dose was 3 Gy (range 0.9-7.3 Gy) in the CRT plans, 1.9 Gy (range 0.5-3.6 Gy) in the PGRT plans, and 4.5 Gy (range 1.1-10.5 Gy) in the IMRT plans (p = 0.001). The mean heart V25 was 1.2% (range 0%-9.7%), 0% (range 0%-2.0%), and 0.2% (range 0%-7.3%) for CRT, PGRT, and IMRT plans, respectively (p
KW - Deep inspiration breath-hold
KW - Early breast cancer
KW - Heart irradiation
KW - Heart sparing
KW - Left breast cancer radiotherapy
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U2 - 10.5301/tj.5000414
DO - 10.5301/tj.5000414
M3 - Article
C2 - 26350194
AN - SCOPUS:84969179704
VL - 102
SP - 184
EP - 189
JO - Tumori
JF - Tumori
SN - 0300-8916
IS - 2
ER -