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http://dx.doi.org/10.3857/jkstro.2010.28.3.166

PTV Margins for Prostate Treatments with an Endorectal Balloon  

Kim, Hee-Jung (Department of Radiation Applying Life Science, Seoul National University Graduate School)
Chung, Jin-Beom (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
Ha, Sung-Whan (Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Jae-Sun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital)
Ye, Sung-Joon (Institute of Radiation Medicine, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
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Radiation Oncology Journal / v.28, no.3, 2010 , pp. 166-176 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: To determine the appropriate prostate planning target volume (PTV) margins for 3-dimensitional (3D) conformal radiotherapy (CRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) patients treated with an endorectal balloon (ERB) under our institutional treatment condition. Materials and Methods: Patients were treated in the supine position. An ERB was inserted into the rectum with 70 cc air prior to planning a CT scan and then each treatment fraction. Electronic portal images (EPIs) and digital reconstructed radiographs (DRR) of planning CT images were used to evaluate inter-fractional patient's setup and ERB errors. To register both image sets, we developed an in-house program written in visual $C^{++}$. A new method to determine prostate PTV margins with an ERB was developed by using the common method. Results: The mean value of patient setup errors was within 1 mm in all directions. The ERB inter-fractional errors in the superior-inferior (SI) and anterior-posterior (AP) directions were larger than in the left-right (LR) direction. The calculated 1D symmetric PTV margins were 3.0 mm, 8.2 mm, and 8.5 mm for 3D CRT and 4.1 mm, 7.9 mm, and 10.3 mm for IMRT in LR, SI, and AP, respectively according to the new method including ERB random errors. Conclusion: The ERB random error contributes to the deformation of the prostate, which affects the original treatment planning. Thus, a new PTV margin method includes dose blurring effects of ERB. The correction of ERB systematic error is a prerequisite since the new method only accounts for ERB random error.
Keywords
Prostate; Endorectal balloon; PTV margin; Setup error;
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