Journal
MEDICAL DOSIMETRY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 287-292Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2011.11.001
Keywords
Breast tumor; Radiotherapy; Breast-preservation therapy; Intensity-modulated arc radiotherapy; Dosimetry
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Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has played an important role in breast cancer radiotherapy after breast-preservation surgery. Our aim was to study the dosimetric and implementation features/feasibility between IMRT and intensity-modulated arc radiotherapy (Varian RapidArc, Varian, Palo Alto, CA). The forward IMRT plan (f-IMRT), the inverse IMRT, and the RapidArc plan (RA) were generated for 10 patients. Afterward, we compared the target dose distribution of the 3 plans, radiation dose on organs at risk, monitor units, and treatment time. All 3 plans met clinical requirements, with RA performing best in target conformity. In target homogeneity, there was no statistical significance between RA and IMRT, but both of homogeneity were less than f-IMRT's. With regard to the V-5 and V-10 of the left lung, those in RA were higher than in f-IMRT but were lower than in IMRT; for V-20 and V-30, the lowest was observed in RA; and in the V-5 and V-10 of the right lung, as well as the mean dose in normal-side breast and right lung, there was no statistically significance difference between RA and IMRT, and the lowest value was observed in f-IMRT. As for the maximum dose in the normal-side breast, the lowest value was observed in RA. Regarding monitor units (MUs), those in RA were higher than in f-IMRT but were lower than in IMRT. Treatment time of RA was 84.6% and 88.23% shorter than f-IMRT and IMRT, respectively, on average. Compared with f-IMRT and IMRT, RA performed better in target conformity and can reduce high-dose volume in the heart and left lung which are related to complications significantly shortening treatment time as well. Compared with IMRT. RA can also significantly reduce low-dose volume and MUs of the afflicted lung. (C) 2012 American Association of Medical Dosimetrists.
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