OC-0154: Proton therapy patient selection for oropharyngeal cancer patients: the impact of treatment accuracy
Radiotherapy and Oncology(2017)
摘要
Background and purpose
The impact of treatment accuracy on NTCP-based patient selection for proton therapy is currently unknown. This study investigates this impact for oropharyngeal cancer patients.
Materials and methods
Data of 78 patients was used to automatically generate treatment plans for a simultaneously integrated boost prescribing 70 GyRBE/54.25 GyRBE in 35 fractions. IMRT treatment plans were generated with three different margins; intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) plans for five different setup and range robustness settings. Four NTCP models were evaluated. Patients were selected for proton therapy if NTCP reduction was ≥10% or ≥5% for grade II or III complications, respectively.
Results
The degree of robustness had little impact on patient selection for tube feeding dependence, while the margin had. For other complications the impact of the robustness setting was noticeably higher. For high-precision IMRT (3 mm margin) and high-precision IMPT (3 mm setup/3% range error), most patients were selected for proton therapy based on problems swallowing solid food (51.3%) followed by tube feeding dependence (37.2%), decreased parotid flow (29.5%), and patient-rated xerostomia (7.7%).
Conclusions
Treatment accuracy has a significant impact on the number of patients selected for proton therapy. Therefore, it cannot be ignored in estimating the number of patients for proton therapy.
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关键词
Proton therapy,Head and neck cancer,Oropharyngeal cancer,IMRT,IMPT,Robust optimization
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