Sparing the hippocampus and the hypothalamic- pituitary region during whole brain radiotherapy: a volumetric modulated arc therapy planning study

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Mehta, P. [1 ]
Janssen, S. [1 ,2 ]
Fahlbusch, F. B. [3 ]
Schmid, S. M. [4 ,5 ]
Gebauer, J. [4 ]
Cremers, F. [1 ]
Ziemann, C. [1 ]
Tartz, M. [2 ]
Rades, D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lubeck, Dept Radiat Oncol, Lubeck, Germany
[2] Private Practice Radiat Oncol, Hannover, Germany
[3] Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Dept Pediat & Adolescent Med, Erlangen, Germany
[4] Univ Lubeck, Inst Endocrinol & Diabet, Lubeck, Germany
[5] German Ctr Diabet Res DZD, Neuherberg, Germany
关键词
Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT); Brain metastases; Hippocampus sparing; Hypothalamus; Pituitary gland; Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT); CELL LUNG-CANCER; CRANIAL RADIOTHERAPY; IRRADIATION; HEAD; DYSFUNCTION; METASTASES; AVOIDANCE; ADULTS; IMRT; TIME;
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10.1186/s12885-020-07091-x
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
BackgroundFeasibility testing of a simultaneous sparing approach of hippocampus, hypothalamus and pituitary gland in patients undergoing whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) with and without a concomitant boost to metastatic sites.IntroductionCognitive impairment and hormonal dysfunction are common side effects of cranial radiotherapy. A reduced dose application to the patho-physiologically involved functional brain areas, i.e. hippocampus, hypothalamus and pituitary gland, could reduce these common side effects. While hippocampal sparing is already a common practice to improve cognitive outcome, technical experience of additional combined sparing of the hypothalamus/pituitary gland (HT-P) is insufficient.MethodsTwenty patients were included in the planning study. In 11 patients, a total dose of 36Gy of WBRT (2Gy per fraction) plus a simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) of 9Gy (0.5Gy per fraction, total dose: 45Gy) to the brain metastases was applied. In 9 patients, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) was simulated with a total dose of 30Gy (2Gy per fraction). In both patient cohorts, a sparing approach of the hippocampus and the HT-P area was simulated during WBRT. For all treatment plans, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) was used. Quality assurance included assessment of homogeneity, conformality and target coverage.ResultsThe mean dose to the hippocampus and HT-P region was limited to less than 50% of the prescribed dose to the planning target volume (PTV) in all treatment plans. Dose homogeneity (HI) of the target volume was satisfying (median HI=0.16 for WBRT+SIB and 0.1 for PCI) and target coverage (conformation number, CN) was not compromised (median CN=0.82 for SIB and 0.86 for PCI).ConclusionSimultaneous dose reduction to the hippocampus and the HT-P area did not compromise the PTV coverage in patients undergoing WBRT+SIB or PCI using VMAT. While the feasibility of the presented approach is promising, prospective neurologic, endocrine outcome and safety studies are required.
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