| Literature DB >> 30160025 |
Sarah Weppler1,2, Harvey Quon3,4, Robyn Banerjee3,4, Colleen Schinkel1,2,4, Wendy Smith1,2,4.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) "flags," such as change in external body contour or relative weight loss, are widely used to identify which head and neck cancer (HNC) patients may benefit from replanned treatment. Despite the popularity of ART, few published quantitative approaches verify the accuracy of replan candidate identification, especially with regards to the simple flagging approaches that are considered current standard of practice. We propose a quantitative evaluation framework, demonstrated through the assessment of a single institution's clinical ART flag: change in body contour exceeding 1.5 cm.Entities:
Keywords: adaptive radiation therapy; head and neck cancer; quality assurance
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30160025 PMCID: PMC6236815 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12437
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Appl Clin Med Phys ISSN: 1526-9914 Impact factor: 2.102
Characteristics of the patient cohort: 15 patients exhibiting a change in external body contour >1.5 cm
| Patient | Primary site | Subsite | Local stage | Nodal stage | Stage | Chemotherapy | HPV status (p16 status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypopharynx | Right pyriform sinus | T2 | N3 | IVB | Cisplatin | Unknown |
| 2 | Oropharynx | Left tonsil | T3 | N2b | IVA | Cetuximab | Positive |
| 3 | Oropharynx | Right tonsil | T2 | N2b | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive |
| 4 | Unknown primary | TX | N2b | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive | |
| 5 | Oropharynx | Right base of tongue | T4a | N2c | IVA | Cetuximab | Positive |
| 6 | Oropharynx | Right base of tongue | T4a | N2a | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive |
| 7 | Nasopharynx | T3 | N2 | III | Cisplatin | Negative | |
| 8 | Unknown primary | TX | N2c | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive | |
| 9 | Oropharynx | Left base of tongue | T4a | N2c | IVA | Cetuximab | Positive |
| 10 | Oropharynx | Right base of tongue | T3 | N2b | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive |
| 11 | Nasopharynx | T2 | N2 | III | None | Unknown | |
| 12 | Nasopharynx | T1 | N1 | II | Cisplatin | Unknown | |
| 13 | Oropharynx | Right base of tongue | T3 | N2c | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive |
| 14 | Nasopharynx | T4 | N1 | IVA | Cisplatin | Unknown | |
| 15 | Oropharynx | Right tonsil | T4a | N2c | IVA | Cisplatin | Positive |
Priority structures, dosimetric parameters, and corresponding unacceptable violations indicating when a treatment replan is required, identified via the survey circulated to radiation oncologists specializing in head and neck cancer
Figure 1Localized change in body contour adjacent to the high‐dose PTV exhibited by Patient 1. Top: pretreatment CT and original plan with digitally rendered bolus (upper), synthetic CT image at fractions 8 (lower left) and 28 (lower right), and recalculated original plan with physical bolus placed on the external surface of the mask. 70% of the prescription dose (0.70 × 70 Gy = 49 Gy) approximately corresponds to the 3% major violation overdose of the spinal cord (49.4 Gy). Bottom: dose parameters calculated for major and minor violation criteria on fractions with CBCT acquisition. Entries are expressed as a percentage of planning objective or planned parameter value (see Table 2). Bold entries indicate fractions flagged by the protocol. (Contours: red — high‐dose GTV, orange — high‐dose PTV, yellow — low‐dose PTV, cyan — spinal cord, blue — spinal cord with margin, white — bolus). *Clinically significant deviation, according to the major/minor violation criteria (only those parameters violating Table 2 criteria are shown). †Low‐dose PTV volume excludes the high‐dose PTV volume.
Figure 2Change in body contour due to general weight loss effects exhibited by Patient 8. Top: pretreatment CT and original plan (left), CT image at fraction 32 and recalculated original plan (right). 70% of the prescription dose (0.70 × 70 Gy = 49 Gy) approximately corresponds to the 3% major violation overdose of the spinal cord (49.4 Gy). Bottom: dose parameters calculated for major and minor violation criteria on fractions with CBCT acquisition. Entries are expressed as a percentage of planning objective or planned parameter value (see Table 2). Bold entries indicate fractions flagged by the protocol. (Contours: red — high‐dose GTV, orange — high‐dose PTV, yellow — low‐dose PTV, cyan — spinal cord, blue — spinal cord with margin). *Clinically significant deviation according to the major/minor violation criteria (only those parameters violating Table 2 criteria are shown). †Low‐dose PTV volume excludes the high‐dose PTV volume.
Results of the truth table analysis for major violation parameters expressed as # Fractions/106 (% of total fractions)
| Structures | True positive (TP) | False negative (FN) | False positive (FP) | True negative (TN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All major violations | 18 (17%) | 51 (48%) | 8 (8%) | 29 (27%) |
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All major violations | 0 (0%) | 18 (17%) | 26 (25%) | 62 (58%) |
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Organs at risk | 0 (0%) | 10 (10%) | 25 (24%) | 70 (66%) |
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Target coverage | 18 (17%) | 46 (43%) | 8 (8%) | 34 (32%) |
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Target coverage | 0 (0%) | 8 (8%) | 26 (24%) | 72 (68%) |
True positive: fraction (Fx) flagged, clinically significant deviation (CSD) in at least one parameter. False negative: Fx unflagged, CSD in at least one parameter. False positive: Fx flagged, no CSD. True negative: Fx unflagged, no CSD.
Figure 3Efficacy of the 1.5 cm change in external body‐contour replan flag as a metric for identifying patients with clinically significant deviations in major violation parameters. (Sensitivity = TP/(TP + FN), Negative Predictive Value = TN/(TN + FN), Specificity = TN/(TN + FP), Positive Predictive Value = TP/(TP + FP), Accuracy = (TP + TN)/(TP + FN + FP + TN). See Table 3).
| Clinically significant effects | No clinically significant effects | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagged | TP = 4% | FP = 16% | 20% |
| Unflagged | FN = 11% | TN = 69% | 80% |
| 15% | 85% |