Alongi Filippo, Clerici Elena, Pentimalli Sara, Mancosu Pietro, Scorsetti Marta
Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Department, Humanitas Cancer Center, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2012 Aug 10;17(5):262-8. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2012.07.012. eCollection 2012 Sep.
To show our preliminary experience in using TrueBeam with RapidArc technology and FFF beam for stereotactic re-irradiation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Thanks to new advanced techniques, as well as intensity modulated radiation therapy, it is possible to approach head and neck recurrences in selected patients. Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) in its RapidArc(®) format, permits to reduce significantly the time to deliver complex intensity modulated plans, allowing to treat hypofractionated regimes within a few minutes. With TrueBeam it is possible to perform photon beams without usage of the flattening filter. It seems possible to expect a reduction of out-of-field dose when flattening filter free (FFF) beams are used. While research into the physics domain for FFF beams is increasing, there are very few clinical data where FFF beams are applied in clinical practice.
We present here the cases of 4 patients with local or regional recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. All patients were treated using TrueBeam with RapidArc technology and FFF beam for stereotactic hypofractionated re-irradiation.
All patients concluded SBRT and showed good tolerability. During follow-up, complete response at imaging evaluation (PET and/or MRI) for all treated patients was documented.
Our preliminary experience using TrueBeam with RapidArc technology and FFF beam for stereotactic hypofractionated re-irradiation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was safe and effective in all 4 treated patients. Longer follow-up and a larger population of study is needed to confirm these promising results.
展示我们使用TrueBeam直线加速器结合容积弧形调强放疗(RapidArc)技术及FFF束流对鼻咽癌进行立体定向再程放疗的初步经验。
由于新的先进技术以及调强放射治疗,对于部分特定患者的头颈部复发肿瘤有了新的治疗方法。容积弧形调强放疗(VMAT)的RapidArc(®)模式能够显著缩短复杂调强放疗计划的执行时间,从而在几分钟内完成大分割放疗方案。TrueBeam直线加速器能够产生无均整器的光子束流。使用无均整器(FFF)束流有望减少射野外剂量。虽然关于FFF束流的物理领域研究日益增多,但在临床实践中应用FFF束流的临床数据却很少。
我们在此展示4例鼻咽癌局部或区域复发患者的病例。所有患者均采用TrueBeam直线加速器结合RapidArc技术及FFF束流进行立体定向大分割再程放疗。
所有患者均完成立体定向体部放疗(SBRT),耐受性良好。随访期间,所有接受治疗的患者经影像学评估(PET和/或MRI)均显示完全缓解。
我们使用TrueBeam直线加速器结合RapidArc技术及FFF束流对鼻咽癌进行立体定向大分割再程放疗的初步经验表明,这一方法对于所有4例接受治疗的患者均安全有效。需要更长时间的随访和更大规模的研究人群来证实这些令人鼓舞的结果。