2Department of Radiation Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi-India
3Department of Physics, University School of Automation and Robotics, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, East Campus, Delhi-India
4Radiation Oncology Centre, Army Hospital Research and Referral, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi-India
5Department of Radiation Oncology, Ranchi Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (Tata Trusts), Ranchi, Jharkand-India DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2023.4003 OBJECTIVE
The purpose was to observe the impact of Equivalent dose of 2Gy (EQD2) for different planning technique combined with intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) for cervix patients and to manage the organ at risks (OARs) doses in external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy to respect the EQD2 tolerances.
METHODS
Retrospectively, 15 patients of federation of gynecologists and obstetricians Stage IB-IVA, received a
dose of 45Gy in 25 fractions with a simultaneous integrated boost of 55Gy in 25 fractions to the nodes
with EBRT followed by three applications of ICBT of a dose of 8Gy, were selected. Intensity modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans were created for each patient
with a single iso-center with 6MV photon energy. EQD2 of D2cc, D1cc, and D0.1cc of bladder and
rectum were compared for IMRT followed by ICBT and VMAT followed by ICBT.
RESULTS
The IMRT and VMAT plans were comparable in terms of target coverage and OARs sparing. The conformity
index and homogeneity index were comparable for both IMRT and VMAT with p=0.007. In
VMAT and ICBT plan the EQD2 of D2cc, D1cc, and D0.1cc for bladder were reduced 0.66%, 0.41%, and
0.41%, respectively, from IMRT and ICBT plan.
CONCLUSION
We recommend following VMAT and ICBT over IMRT and ICBT due to advantages of VMAT over
IMRT and try to keep doses of OARs as low as possible in both EBRT and BT separately.