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Prospective study of functional bone marrow-sparing intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for pelvic malignancies
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Prospective study of functional bone marrow-sparing intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for pelvic malignancies

Yun Liang, Mark Bydder, Catheryn M Yashar, Brent S Rose, Mariel Cornell, Carl K Hoh, Joshua D Lawson, John Einck, Cheryl Saenz, Paul Fanta, …
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, v 85(2), pp 406-414
01 Feb 2013
PMID: 22687195
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.04.044View
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Abstract

Adipose Tissue - anatomy & histology Adipose Tissue - diagnostic imaging Adult Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use Anus Neoplasms - blood Anus Neoplasms - drug therapy Anus Neoplasms - pathology Anus Neoplasms - radiotherapy Bone Marrow - diagnostic imaging Bone Marrow - radiation effects Chemoradiotherapy - methods Cisplatin - administration & dosage Feasibility Studies Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Fluorouracil - administration & dosage Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Male Middle Aged Mitomycin - administration & dosage Multimodal Imaging Organ Sparing Treatments - methods Pelvis - diagnostic imaging Positron-Emission Tomography Prospective Studies Radiopharmaceuticals Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - adverse effects Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumor Burden Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - blood Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - drug therapy Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - radiotherapy
To test the hypothesis that intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can reduce radiation dose to functional bone marrow (BM) in patients with pelvic malignancies (phase IA) and estimate the clinical feasibility and acute toxicity associated with this technique (phase IB). We enrolled 31 subjects (19 with gynecologic cancer and 12 with anal cancer) in an institutional review board-approved prospective trial (6 in the pilot study, 10 in phase IA, and 15 in phase IB). The mean age was 52 years; 8 of 31 patients (26%) were men. Twenty-one subjects completed (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) simulation and magnetic resonance imaging by use of quantitative IDEAL (IDEAL IQ; GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI). The PET/CT and IDEAL IQ were registered, and BM subvolumes were segmented above the mean standardized uptake value and below the mean fat fraction within the pelvis and lumbar spine; their intersection was designated as functional BM for IMRT planning. Functional BM-sparing vs total BM-sparing IMRT plans were compared in 12 subjects; 10 were treated with functional BM-sparing pelvic IMRT per protocol. In gynecologic cancer patients, the mean functional BM V(10) (volume receiving ≥10 Gy) and V(20) (volume receiving ≥20 Gy) were 85% vs 94% (P<.0001) and 70% vs 82% (P<.0001), respectively, for functional BM-sparing IMRT vs total BM-sparing IMRT. In anal cancer patients, the corresponding values were 75% vs 77% (P=.06) and 62% vs 67% (P=.002), respectively. Of 10 subjects treated with functional BM-sparing pelvic IMRT, 3 (30%) had acute grade 3 hematologic toxicity or greater. IMRT can reduce dose to BM subregions identified by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/CT and IDEAL IQ. The efficacy of BM-sparing IMRT is being tested in a phase II trial.

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