Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, China; Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center-UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas.
Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Sep 1;105(1):73-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.02.032. Epub 2019 Feb 21.
To identify predictors of radiation-induced liver disease (RILD) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with proton beam therapy (PBT).
This multicenter study included 136 patients with HCC (eastern, n = 102; western, n = 34) without evidence of intrahepatic tumor progression after PBT. The RILD was defined as ascites with alkaline-phosphatase abnormality, grade ≥3 hepatic toxicity, or Child-Pugh score worsening by ≥2 within 4 months after PBT completion. The proton doses were converted to equivalent doses in 2-GyE fractions. The unirradiated liver volume (ULV) was defined as the absolute liver volume (LV) receiving <1 GyE; the standard liver volume (SLV) was calculated using body surface area. Possible correlations of clinicodosimetric parameters with RILD were examined.
The mean pretreatment LV was 85% of SLV, and patients with a history of hepatectomy (P < .001) or hepatitis B virus infection (P = .035) had significantly smaller LV/SLV. Nineteen (14%) patients developed RILD. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified ULV/SLV (P = .001), gross tumor volume (P = .001), and Child-Pugh classification (P = .002) as independent RILD predictors, and mean liver dose and target-delivered dose were not associated with RILD occurrence. A "volume-response" relationship between ULV/SLV and RILD was consistently observed in both eastern and western cohorts. In Child-Pugh class-A patients whose ULV/SLV were ≥50%, 49.9%-40%, 39.9%-30% and <30%, the RILD incidences were 0%, 6%, 16%, and 39% (P < .001), respectively. For the Child-Pugh class-B group, the RILD incidences in patients with ≥60%, 59.9%-40%, and <40% of ULV/SLV were 0%, 14%, and 83% (P = .006), respectively.
The ULV/SLV, not mean liver dose, independently predicts RILD in patients with HCC undergoing PBT. The relative and absolute contraindications for Child-Pugh class-A patient's ULV/SLV are <50% and <30%, and <60% and <40% for Child-Pugh class-B patients, respectively. Our results indicate that the likelihood of hepatic complications for PBT is dictated by similar metrics as that for surgery.
确定质子束治疗(PBT)后肝细胞癌(HCC)患者放射性肝损伤(RILD)的预测因素。
本多中心研究纳入了 136 例 HCC 患者(东部 102 例,西部 34 例),这些患者在 PBT 后无肝内肿瘤进展的证据。RILD 的定义为在 PBT 完成后 4 个月内出现腹水伴碱性磷酸酶异常、≥3 级肝毒性或 Child-Pugh 评分恶化≥2 分。质子剂量被转换为等效 2-GyE 剂量。未受照射的肝体积(ULV)定义为接受<1 GyE 的绝对肝体积(LV);标准肝体积(SLV)是根据体表面积计算的。检查了临床剂量学参数与 RILD 的可能相关性。
治疗前 LV 平均为 SLV 的 85%,有肝切除术史(P<0.001)或乙型肝炎病毒感染史(P=0.035)的患者 LV/SLV 明显较小。19 例(14%)患者发生 RILD。多变量逻辑回归分析确定 ULV/SLV(P=0.001)、大体肿瘤体积(P=0.001)和 Child-Pugh 分级(P=0.002)是 RILD 的独立预测因素,平均肝剂量和目标剂量与 RILD 发生无关。在东部和西部队列中,均一致观察到 ULV/SLV 与 RILD 之间的“体积反应”关系。在 ULV/SLV≥50%的 Child-Pugh 分级 A 患者中,RILD 发生率分别为 0%、6%、16%和 39%(P<0.001)。对于 Child-Pugh 分级 B 组,ULV/SLV≥60%、59.9%-40%和<40%的患者 RILD 发生率分别为 0%、14%和 83%(P=0.006)。
ULV/SLV 而不是平均肝剂量,独立预测接受 PBT 的 HCC 患者发生 RILD。Child-Pugh 分级 A 患者 ULV/SLV 的相对和绝对禁忌证分别为<50%和<30%,Child-Pugh 分级 B 患者分别为<60%和<40%。我们的结果表明,PBT 的肝并发症发生可能性取决于与手术相似的指标。