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ArticleRadiation oncology (London, England)2015

Visualization of risk of radiogenic second cancer in the organs and tissues of the human body.

Rui Zhang, Dragan Mirkovic, Wayne D Newhauser

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Article in Radiation oncology (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rui ZhangMary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, LA, Baton Rouge, USA. rzhang@marybird.com.
Dragan MirkovicDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. dmirkovi@mdanderson.org.
Wayne D NewhauserMary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, LA, Baton Rouge, USA. newhauser@lsu.edu.
Louisiana State University · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Prediction of Second Cancer Risks for Children Treated with Proton - vs. - PhotonR01CA131463 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI NEWHAUSER, WAYNE D · 2008 to 2010
$767k
NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA131463-01A1NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA131463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRadiogenic second cancer is a common late effect in long term cancer survivors. Currently there are few methods or tools available to visually evaluate the spatial distribution of risks of radiogenic late effects in the human body. We developed a risk visualization method and demonstrated it for radiogenic second cancers in tissues and organs of one patient treated with photon volumetric modulated arc therapy and one patient treated with proton craniospinal irradiation.

methodsTreatment plans were generated using radiotherapy treatment planning systems (TPS) and dose information was obtained from TPS. Linear non-threshold risk coefficients for organs at risk of second cancer incidence were taken from the Biological Effects of Ionization Radiation VII report. Alternative risk models including linear exponential model and linear plateau model were also examined. The predicted absolute lifetime risk distributions were visualized together with images of the patient anatomy.

resultsThe risk distributions of second cancer for the two patients were visually presented. The risk distributions varied with tissue, dose, dose-risk model used, and the risk distribution could be similar to or very different from the dose distribution.

conclusionsOur method provides a convenient way to directly visualize and evaluate the risks of radiogenic second cancer in organs and tissues of the human body. In the future, visual assessment of risk distribution could be an influential determinant for treatment plan scoring.

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AdenocarcinomaAdolescentAgedBrain NeoplasmsCraniospinal IrradiationDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansMaleMedulloblastomaNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedNeoplasms, Second PrimaryNeoplasm StagingOrgans at RiskPhotonsPrognosis

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PMID25927490
PMCPMC4422483
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