Wang Jinyuan, Dai Xiangkun, Qu Baolin, Yan Changxin, Kou Yuhan, Liu Xiaoyu, Wang Xiaoshen, Cai Boning
Department of Radiotherapy, The First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, CHN.
Clinical Application Training Department, Varian Medical System, Beijing, CHN.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 26;16(8):e67804. doi: 10.7759/cureus.67804. eCollection 2024 Aug.
This article presents a case of a patient with advanced head and neck cancer, characterized by a large and protruding tumor. The patient was treated with an innovative on-demand online adaptive radiotherapy (ART) technology, guided by cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), on the Ethos adaptive radiotherapy platform (version 1.0, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA). A solution was provided for this special case to address the issue where part of the target volume could not participate in the optimization due to exceeding the external contour boundary during online adaptive radiotherapy. The treatment outcome was satisfactory in terms of tumor regression, while only grade 1 radiodermatitis and grade 2 oral mucositis at the end of radiotherapy. This article discusses the clinical diagnosis, treatment process, and follow-up of this case, aiming to provide clinical references for a broader application of this technology.
本文介绍了一例晚期头颈癌患者,其特征为肿瘤巨大且突出。该患者在Varian Medical Systems公司(位于加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托)的Ethos自适应放疗平台(版本1.0)上,接受了以锥形束计算机断层扫描(CBCT)为引导的创新型按需在线自适应放疗(ART)技术治疗。针对这一特殊情况,提供了一种解决方案,以解决在线自适应放疗期间部分靶区因超出外部轮廓边界而无法参与优化的问题。在肿瘤消退方面,治疗结果令人满意,放疗结束时仅出现1级放射性皮炎和2级口腔黏膜炎。本文讨论了该病例的临床诊断、治疗过程及随访情况,旨在为该技术的更广泛应用提供临床参考。