The Added Value of Surgical Clips in Target Volume Determination in Accelerated Partial Breast Cancer Irradiation

Author(s):  
M. Dzhugashvili ◽  
A. Dunant ◽  
C. Pichenot ◽  
R. Verstraet ◽  
C. Uzan ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. e544-e545 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jermoumi ◽  
S.M. James ◽  
C.L. Ferguson ◽  
J.T. Barrett ◽  
C. Huh ◽  
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Author(s):  
Ozlem Demircioglu ◽  
Erkin Aribal ◽  
Meral Uluer ◽  
Zerrin Ozgen ◽  
Fatih Demircioglu

Introduction: Radiotherapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery (BCS) is a standard treatment for breast cancer. Currently, surgical clips are used to determine the tumour bed before radiotherapy planning. This study aimed to evaluate the migration of these clips on mammograms. Methods: The study was conducted on 121 females who were treated with radiotherapy after BCS at their first radiologic control examination 6 months after the end of treatment. MLO and CC views of all cases were evaluated regarding the clips. The distance between the surgical scar centre and the centre of the area covered by the clips was measured on both MLO and CC projections and recorded separately. This distance was determined as the clip displacement. A displacement ≤10 mm was recorded as no displacement. Results: The clips were out of the images and were not evaluated in 45 cases (37.2%) on CC and in 9 cases (7.4%) on MLO projections. There were no clip displacements in 37 (30.6%) cases on CC and in 43 (35.5%) cases on MLO views. The amount of displacement ranged from 11 to 56 mm with a mean of 24.38 mm on CC views, while on MLO projections, displacement ranged from 11 to 66 mm with a mean of 24.42 mm. Conclusion: A clip displacement of greater than 10 mm was found in 64.5% of cases on MLO views. Therefore, we believe that the reliability of these clips for accurate delineation of the tumour bed in radiotherapy planning is controversial and other methods must be added.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2447
Author(s):  
Renée W. Y. Granzier ◽  
Abdalla Ibrahim ◽  
Sergey P. Primakov ◽  
Sanaz Samiei ◽  
Thiemo J. A. van Nijnatten ◽  
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This retrospective study investigated the value of pretreatment contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-based radiomics for the prediction of pathologic complete tumor response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer patients. A total of 292 breast cancer patients, with 320 tumors, who were treated with neo-adjuvant systemic therapy and underwent a pretreatment MRI exam were enrolled. As the data were collected in two different hospitals with five different MRI scanners and varying acquisition protocols, three different strategies to split training and validation datasets were used. Radiomics, clinical, and combined models were developed using random forest classifiers in each strategy. The analysis of radiomics features had no added value in predicting pathologic complete tumor response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer patients compared with the clinical models, nor did the combined models perform significantly better than the clinical models. Further, the radiomics features selected for the models and their performance differed with and within the different strategies. Due to previous and current work, we tentatively attribute the lack of improvement in clinical models following the addition of radiomics to the effects of variations in acquisition and reconstruction parameters. The lack of reproducibility data (i.e., test-retest or similar) meant that this effect could not be analyzed. These results indicate the need for reproducibility studies to preselect reproducible features in order to properly assess the potential of radiomics.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e12508-e12508
Author(s):  
Rufus J. Mark ◽  
Valerie Gorman ◽  
Michal Wolski ◽  
Steven McCullough

e12508 Background: Randomized trials in stage 0-II breast cancer have proven that APBI given via HDR implant in 5 days is equivalent to whole breast irradiation (WBI) given in 5-6 weeks in regard to breast tumor local recurrence (LR). However, complications have been significant. Recently APBI using non-invasive IMRT given in 5 fractions has been shown in another randomized trial with 10 year follow-up to be equivalent to WBI in 6 weeks, with respect to LR. IMRT was superior in regard to acute effects, late effects, and cosmesis. In the randomized clinical trial of APBI IMRT, the Clinical Target Volume (CTV) was defined by the injection of individual fiducial markers bordering the surgical cavity. We have used the Biozorb fiducial system to localize the CTV for IMRT. We sought to confirm the APBI IMRT results with this simpler less labor intensive fiducial placement system. Methods: Between 2017 and 2021, 214 patients have undergone IMRT targeted to a Biozorb defined CTV with the walls of the surgical cavity sewn to the Biozorb device. Eligible patients were older than age 40, had tumor sizes < 3 cm, negative surgical margins, and negative sentinel node dissections. IMRT dose was 30 Gy given in 5 fractions. Dose Constraints were as follows : V-30 Gy < 105%, Ipsilateral Breast V-15 Gy < 50%, Ipsilateral Lung V-10 Gy < 20%, Contralateral Lung V-5 Gy < 10%, Heart V-3 Gy < 20%, Contralateral Breast Dmax < 2 Gy and Skin Dmax < 27 Gy. The Planning Target Volume (PTV) ranged from 27 to 355 cc with a median of 80 cc. PTV = CTV + 1-2 cm. Results: Follow-up ranged from 1-39 months with a median of 20 months. LR has been 0% (0/214). There have been no skin reactions or seromas. Infection has occurred in one patient (0.5%). Four (1.9%) patients developed pain around the Biozorb site. This resolved on a short courses of steroids in all cases. Cosmetic results as rated by the Surgeon, Radiation Oncologist, and Nurse, were rated excellent in 99.0% (212/214) of cases. Conclusions: Non-invasive APBI with IMRT given qd over 5 days targeted to Biozorb has resulted in LR, complications, and cosmetic results which compare favorably to invasive APBI given bid with HDR implant. At last follow-up, there have been no LR, skin reactions, or significant complications. Cosmesis has been excellent in 99.0% of patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 195 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Montserrat Pazos ◽  
Alba Fiorentino ◽  
Aurélie Gaasch ◽  
Stephan Schönecker ◽  
Daniel Reitz ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramin Sadeghi ◽  
Ghazaleh Alesheikh ◽  
Seyed Rasoul Zakavi ◽  
Asiehsadat Fattahi ◽  
Abbas Abdollahi ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Murat Beyzadeoglu ◽  
Ferrat Dincoglan ◽  
Omer Sager ◽  
Selcuk Demiral

Background: Radiation therapy (RT) volumes for intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs) may include focal treatment volumes, whole ventricle irradiation, whole brain irradiation, or irradiation of the entire neuroaxis. RT doses and volumes for management of primary intracranial GCTs have been an area of active research over the years. Improved sparing of critical organs by use of less extensive RT volumes and lower doses has been investigated for avoiding excessive morbidity of treatment. Herein, we assess intracranial GCT treatment volume determination. Methods: Treatment volume definition for intracranial GCT by incorporation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was comparatively assessed in our study. Reference volume for comparison purposes was defined after thorough assessment and collaboration of the board certified radiation oncologists. Definition of radiosurgery target volume was based solely on CT images or fusion of CT with MRI. Comparative evaluation of treatment volume determination was performed. Results: Ground truth target volume defined after thorough evaluation and collaboration of the board certified radiation oncologists was similar with treatment volume definition based on CT-MR fusion based imaging. Conclusions: In conclusion, radiosurgery treatment planning for intracranial GCTs may be improved by incorporation of MRI into target definition process. Clearly, further studies are warranted to draw firm conclusions on optimal target definition for intracranial GCT radiosurgery.  


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