McGowan D R, Guy M J
1 Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Br J Radiol. 2015 Mar;88(1047):20140720. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20140720. Epub 2015 Jan 9.
Molecular radiotherapy (MRT) has been used clinically for around 75 years. Despite this long history of clinical use, there is no established dosimetry practice for calculating the absorbed dose delivered to tumour targets or to organs at risk. As a result, treatment protocols have often evolved based on experience with relatively small numbers of patients, each receiving a similar administered activity but, potentially, widely varying doses. This is in stark contrast to modern external-beam radiotherapy practice. This commentary describes some of the barriers to MRT dosimetry and gives some opinions on the way forward.
分子放射治疗(MRT)已在临床上应用了约75年。尽管有如此长的临床应用历史,但目前尚无确定的剂量测定方法来计算传递到肿瘤靶区或危及器官的吸收剂量。因此,治疗方案往往是基于相对少数患者的经验而制定的,每个患者接受的给药活度相似,但潜在剂量却可能差异很大。这与现代外照射放射治疗实践形成了鲜明对比。本评论描述了MRT剂量测定的一些障碍,并对未来的发展方向提出了一些看法。