scholarly journals Modelling a new approach for radio-ablation after resection of breast ductal carcinoma in-situ based on the BAT-90 medical device

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Sarnelli ◽  
Matteo Negrini ◽  
Emilio Mezzenga ◽  
Giacomo Feliciani ◽  
Marco D’Arienzo ◽  
...  

AbstractThe majority of local recurrences, after conservative surgery of breast cancer, occurs in the same anatomical area where the tumour was originally located. For the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a new medical device, named BAT-90, (BetaGlue Technologies SpA) has been proposed. BAT-90 is based on the administration of 90Y β-emitting microspheres, embedded in a bio-compatible matrix. In this work, the Geant4 simulation toolkit is used to simulate BAT-90 as a homogenous cylindrical 90Y layer placed in the middle of a bulk material. The activity needed to deliver a 20 Gy isodose at a given distance z from the BAT-90 layer is calculated for different device thicknesses, tumour bed sizes and for water and adipose bulk materials. A radiobiological analysis has been performed using both the Poisson and logistic Tumour Control Probability (TCP) models. A range of radiobiological parameters (α and β), target sizes, and densities of tumour cells were considered. Increasing α values, TCP increases too, while, for a fixed α value, TCP decreases as a function of clonogenic cell density. The models predict very solid results in case of limited tumour burden while the activity/dose ratio could be further optimized in case of larger tumour beds.

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 488-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Amichetti ◽  
Orazio Caffo ◽  
Antonella Richetti ◽  
Giampaolo Zini ◽  
Alberto Rigon ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 231 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry L. Kestin ◽  
Neal S. Goldstein ◽  
Alvaro A. Martinez ◽  
Murray Rebner ◽  
Mamtha Balasubramaniam ◽  
...  

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