Impact of body-mass factors on setup displacement during pelvic irradiation in patients with lower abdominal cancer
Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Apr 05, 2019
Page range: 256 - 264
Received: Sep 04, 2018
Accepted: Mar 03, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2019-0017
© 2019 Wei-Chieh Wu, Yi-Ru Chang, Yo-Liang Lai, An-Cheng Shiau, Ji-An Liang, Chun-Ru Chien, Yu-Cheng Kuo, Shang-Wen Chen, published by Sciendo
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Background
The aim of the study was investigate the impact of body-mass factors (BMF) on setup displacement during pelvic radiotherapy in patients with lower abdominal cancers.
Patients and methods
The clinical data of a training cohort composed of 60 patients with gynecological, rectal, or prostate cancer were analyzed. The daily alignment data from image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) were retrieved. Setup errors for were assessed by systematic error (SE) and random error (RE) through the superior-inferior (SI), anterior-posterior (AP), and medial-lateral (ML) directions. Several BMFs and patient-related parameters were analyzed with binary logistic regression and receiver-operating characteristic curves. A scoring system was proposed to identify those with greater setup displacement during daily treatment. The results were validated by another cohort.
Results
A large hip lateral diameter correlated with a greater SI-SE and AP-SE, whereas a large umbilical AP diameter correlated with a greater ML-SE and ML-RE. A higher SI-RE was associated with a large hip circumference. The positive predictors for setup uncertainty were chosen to dichotomize patients into groups at high risk and low risk for setup displacement. Based on the scoring system, the adequate treatment margins for the SI direction in the high-and low-risk groups were 5.4 mm and 3.8 mm, whereas those for the ML direction were 8.2 mm and 4.2 mm, respectively. The validated cohort showed a similar trend.
Conclusions
Large BMFs including hip lateral diameter, hip circumference, and umbilical AP diameter are associated with greater setup uncertainty. Based on the scores, IGRT or required treatment margins can be adapted for patients with high risk features.