PURPOSE: Dosimetric studies have suggested greater cardiopulmonary sparing with protons over photons for left-sided postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT). Modern techniques such as deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) can help spare the heart. This analysis compares photon and proton delivery with and without DIBH. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Ten women with left breast cancer referred for PMRT on a prospective clinical trial with unfavorable cardiac anatomy underwent free breathing (FB) and DIBH computed tomography simulation. A partially wide tangent photon (PWTF) during DIBH, passively scattered proton during FB, pencil-beam scanning (PBS) proton during FB, and PBS proton during DIBH plan was completed for each patient. Plans were designed to achieve 95% prescription dose coverage to 95% of chest wall and regional lymphatics while maximally sparing heart and lungs. RESULTS: All techniques resulted in similar target coverage, although protons improved homogeneity indices and cardiopulmonary sparing (omnibus P < .0001 for each metric). Heart/lung metrics for PWTF with DIBH, scattered protons with FB, PBS protons with FB, and PBS protons with DIBH, respectively, were as follows: mean heart dose (2.09, 0.39, 0.98, 0.71 Gy relative biological effectiveness [RBE]), mean left ventricle dose (3.72, 0.08, 0.19, 0.21 GyRBE), V20 left ventricle (2.73, 0.03, 0, 0%), maximum left anterior descending artery dose (46.14, 8.28, 4.58, 4.63 GyRBE), mean lung dose (13.30, 5.74, 7.63, 7.49 GyRBE), and V20 lung (26.04, 12.04, 15.18, 14.43 %). Pairwise testing confirmed an improvement in each metric with all proton plans compared with PWTF with DIBH; there were no differences in homogeneity indices or cardiopulmonary sparing between passively scattered and PBS protons, regardless of addition of DIBH. CONCLUSIONS: For left-sided PMRT, passively scattered or PBS protons with or without DIBH improves homogeneity and cardiopulmonary sparing without compromise in target coverage compared with PWTF photons with DIBH. Furthermore, the addition of DIBH to proton therapy did not provide a significant dosimetric benefit.
PURPOSE: Dosimetric studies have suggested greater cardiopulmonary sparing with protons over photons for left-sided postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT). Modern techniques such as deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) can help spare the heart. This analysis compares photon and proton delivery with and without DIBH. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Ten women with left breast cancer referred for PMRT on a prospective clinical trial with unfavorable cardiac anatomy underwent free breathing (FB) and DIBH computed tomography simulation. A partially wide tangent photon (PWTF) during DIBH, passively scattered proton during FB, pencil-beam scanning (PBS) proton during FB, and PBS proton during DIBH plan was completed for each patient. Plans were designed to achieve 95% prescription dose coverage to 95% of chest wall and regional lymphatics while maximally sparing heart and lungs. RESULTS: All techniques resulted in similar target coverage, although protons improved homogeneity indices and cardiopulmonary sparing (omnibus P < .0001 for each metric). Heart/lung metrics for PWTF with DIBH, scattered protons with FB, PBS protons with FB, and PBS protons with DIBH, respectively, were as follows: mean heart dose (2.09, 0.39, 0.98, 0.71 Gy relative biological effectiveness [RBE]), mean left ventricle dose (3.72, 0.08, 0.19, 0.21 GyRBE), V20 left ventricle (2.73, 0.03, 0, 0%), maximum left anterior descending artery dose (46.14, 8.28, 4.58, 4.63 GyRBE), mean lung dose (13.30, 5.74, 7.63, 7.49 GyRBE), and V20 lung (26.04, 12.04, 15.18, 14.43 %). Pairwise testing confirmed an improvement in each metric with all proton plans compared with PWTF with DIBH; there were no differences in homogeneity indices or cardiopulmonary sparing between passively scattered and PBS protons, regardless of addition of DIBH. CONCLUSIONS: For left-sided PMRT, passively scattered or PBS protons with or without DIBH improves homogeneity and cardiopulmonary sparing without compromise in target coverage compared with PWTF photons with DIBH. Furthermore, the addition of DIBH to proton therapy did not provide a significant dosimetric benefit.
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