Evaluating changes in radiation treatment volumes from post-operative to same-day planning MRI in High-grade gliomas.

Authors

Colin E Champ, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Joshua Siglin, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mark V Mishra, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Xinglei Shen, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Maria Werner-Wasik, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
David W Andrews, Neurological Surgery, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sonal U Mayekar, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Haisong Liu, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Wenyin Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-21-2012

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It was published in: Radiation Oncology.

Volume 7, Issue 1, 21 December 2012, Article number220.

The published version is available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552717/ DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-220.

Copyright © 2012 Champ et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) with temozolomide (TMZ) is standard of care for high grade gliomas (HGG) patients. RT is commonly started 3 to 5 weeks after surgery. The deformation of the tumor bed and brain from surgery to RT is poorly studied. This study examined the magnitude of volume change in the postoperative tumor bed and the potential impact of RT planning.

METHOD AND MATERIALS: This study includes 24 patients with HGG who underwent craniotomy and adjuvant RT with TMZ at our institution. All patients had immediate postoperative MRI and repeat MRI during the day of RT simulation. Gross tumor volumes (GTV), clinical target volumes (CTV) of initial 46 Gy (CTV1) and boost to 60 Gy (CTV2) were contoured on both sets of MRIs according to RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group) guidelines. For patients who recurred after RT, the recurrence pattern was evaluated.

RESULTS: An average of 17 days elapsed between immediate and delayed MRIs. GTV1 (FLAIR abnormality and tumor bed) decreased significantly on the delayed MRI as compared to immediate post-operative MRI (mean = 30.96cc, p = 0.0005), while GTV2 (contrast-enhanced T1 abnormality and tumor bed) underwent a non-significant increase (mean = 6.82cc, p = 0.07). Such changes lead to significant decrease of CTV1 (mean decrease is 113.9cc, p

CONCLUSION: The postoperative tumor bed of HGGs undergoes substantial volumetric changes after surgery. Treatment planning based on delayed MRI significantly reduces the volume of treated brain tissue without local control detriment. The marked reduction of volume treated to 46 Gy based on delayed MRI scan, could result in increased sparing of organs at risk. There may be a small risk of inadequate radiation field design if radiation planning is based on immediate post-operative MRI.

Recommended Citation

Champ, Colin E; Siglin, Joshua; Mishra, Mark V; Shen, Xinglei; Werner-Wasik, Maria; Andrews, David W; Mayekar, Sonal U; Liu, Haisong; and Shi, Wenyin, "Evaluating changes in radiation treatment volumes from post-operative to same-day planning MRI in High-grade gliomas." (2012). Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Papers. Paper 37.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/radoncfp/37

PubMed ID

23259933