Publication date: Available online 16 January 2018
Source:Radiotherapy and Oncology
Author(s): Nadya Shusharina, Zhongxing Liao, Radhe Mohan, Amy Liu, Andrzej Niemierko, Noah Choi, Thomas Bortfeld
Background and purposeTo compare lung injury among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with IMRT or proton therapy as revealed by 18F-FDG post-treatment uptake and to determine factors predictive for clinically symptomatic radiation pneumonitis.Material and methodsFor 83 patients treated with IMRT or proton therapy, planning CT and follow up 18F-FDG PET-CT were analyzed. Post-treatment PET-CT was aligned with planning CT to establish a voxel-to-voxel correspondence between PET and planning dose images. 18F-FDG uptake as a function of radiation dose to normal lung was obtained for each patient. PET image-derived parameters as well as demographic, clinical, treatment and dosimetric patient characteristics were correlated with clinical symptoms of pneumonitis.ResultsThe dose distributions for the two modalities were significantly different; V5 was higher for IMRT, whereas V60 was higher for protons. The mean lung dose (MLD) was similar for the two modalities. The slope of linear 18F-FDG-uptake – dose response did not differ significantly between the two modalities. The MLD, slope, and 95th percentile of SUV were identified as three major factors associated with radiation pneumonitis.ConclusionsDespite significantly different dose distributions for IMRT and for protons, the slope of the SUV–dose linear regression line previously shown to be associated with RP did not differ between IMRT and protons. Patients who developed radiation pneumonitis had statistically significantly higher MLD and higher slope regardless of treatment modality.
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