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SU‐F‐T‐387: A Novel Optimization Technique for Field in Field (FIF) Chestwall Radiation Therapy Using a Single Plan to Improve Delivery Safety and Treatment Planning Efficiency
Author(s) -
Tabibian A,
Kim A,
Rose J,
Alvelo M,
Perel C,
Laiken K,
Sheth N
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4956572
Subject(s) - bolus (digestion) , dosimetry , medicine , radiation treatment planning , nuclear medicine , collimated light , tangent , radiation therapy , field size , mathematics , radiology , surgery , optics , physics , laser , geometry
Purpose: A novel optimization technique was developed for field‐in‐field (FIF) chestwall radiotherapy using bolus every other day. The dosimetry was compared to currently used optimization. Methods: The prior five patients treated at our clinic to the chestwall and supraclavicular nodes with a mono‐isocentric four‐field arrangement were selected for this study. The prescription was 5040 cGy in 28 fractions, 5 mm bolus every other day on the tangent fields, 6 and/or 10 MV x‐rays, and multileaf collimation.Novelly, tangents FIF segments were forward planned optimized based on the composite bolus and non‐bolus dose distribution simultaneously. The prescription was spilt into 14 fractions for both bolus and non‐bolus tangents. The same segments and monitor units were used for the bolus and non‐bolus treatment. The plan was optimized until the desired coverage was achieved, minimized 105% hotspots, and a maximum dose of less than 108%. Each tangential field had less than 5 segments.Comparison plans were generated using FIF optimization with the same dosimetric goals, but using only the non‐bolus calculation for FIF optimization. The non‐bolus fields were then copied and bolus was applied. The same segments and monitor units were used for the bolus and non‐bolus segments. Results: The prescription coverage of the chestwall, as defined by RTOG guidelines, was on average 51.8% for the plans that optimized bolus and non‐bolus treatments simultaneous (SB) and 43.8% for the plans optimized to the non‐bolus treatments (NB). Chestwall coverage of 90% prescription averaged to 80.4% for SB and 79.6% for NB plans. The volume receiving 105% of the prescription was 1.9% for SB and 0.8% for NB plans on average. Conclusion: Simultaneously optimizing for bolus and non‐bolus treatments noticeably improves prescription coverage of the chestwall while maintaining similar hotspots and 90% prescription coverage in comparison to optimizing only to non‐bolus treatments.