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MLC tracking for lung SABR is feasible, efficient and delivers high-precision target dose and lower normal tissue dose

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posted on 2024-11-17, 12:44 authored by Jeremy Booth, Vincent Caillet, Adam Briggs, Nicholas Hardcastle, Georgios Angelis, Dasantha Jayamanne, Meegan Shepherd, Alexander Podreka, Kathryn Szymura, Doan Trang Nguyen, Per Poulsen, Ricky O'Brien, Benjamin Harris, Carol Haddad, Thomas Eade, Paul Keall
Background and purpose: The purpose of this work is to present the clinical experience from the first-in-human trial of real-time tumor targeting via MLC tracking for stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) of lung lesions. Methods and materials: Seventeen patients with stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or lung metastases were included in a study of electromagnetic transponder–guided MLC tracking for SABR (NCT02514512). Patients had electromagnetic transponders inserted near the tumor. An MLC tracking SABR plan was generated with planning target volume (PTV) expanded 5 mm from the end-exhale gross tumor volume (GTV). A clinically approved comparator plan was generated with PTV expanded 5 mm from a 4DCT-derived internal target volume (ITV). Treatment was delivered using a standard linear accelerator to continuously adapt the MLC based on transponder motion. Treated volumes and reconstructed delivered dose were compared between MLC tracking and comparator ITV-based treatment. Results: All seventeen patients were successfully treated with MLC tracking (70 successful fractions). MLC tracking treatment delivery time averaged 8 minutes. The time from the start of CBCT to the end of treatment averaged 22 minutes. The MLC tracking PTV for 16/17 patients was smaller than the ITV-based PTV (range −1.6% to 44% reduction, or −0.6 to 18 cc). Reductions in mean lung dose (27 cGy) and V20Gy (50 cc) were statistically significant (p < 0.02). Reconstruction of treatment doses confirmed a statistically significant improvement in delivered GTV D98% (p < 0.05) from planned dose compared with the ITV-based plans. Conclusion: The first treatments with lung MLC tracking have been successfully performed in seventeen SABR patients. MLC tracking for lung SABR is feasible, efficient and delivers high-precision target dose and lower normal tissue dose.

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Journal title

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volume

155

Pagination

131-137

Language

English

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