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Trial reportJournal of radiation research2021

Impact of lifetime attributable risk of radiation-induced secondary cancer in proton craniospinal irradiation with vertebral-body-sparing for young pediatric patients with medulloblastoma.

Shunsuke Suzuki, Takahiro Kato, Masao Murakami

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Trial report in Journal of radiation research, 2021. 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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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shunsuke SuzukiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sapporo High functioning Radiation Therapy Center, Nishi-ku Miyanosawa 2-jo 1-chome 16-1, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 063-0052, Japan.
Takahiro KatoDepartment of Radiation Physics and Technology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Koriyama, Japan.
Masao MurakamiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Center, Koriyama, Japan.
Southern Tohoku General Hospital · JPSapporo Science Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We used the method proposed by Schneider et al. Theor Biol Med Model 2011;8:27, to clarify how the radiation-induced secondary cancer incidence rate changes in patients after proton craniospinal irradiation (CSI) without and with vertebral-body-sparing (VBS). Eight patients aged 3-15 years who underwent proton CSI were enrolled in the study. For each case, two types of plan without and with VBS in the target were compared. The prescribed doses were assumed to be 23.4 Gy relative biological effectiveness (RBE) and 36 Gy (RBE). Using the dose-volume histograms of the two plans, the lifetime attributable risk (LAR) was calculated by both methods for each patient based on the dose data calculated using an XiO-M treatment planning system. Eight organs were analyzed as follows: lung, colon, stomach, small intestine, liver, bladder, thyroid and bone. When the prescribed dose used was 23.4 Gy (RBE), the average LAR differences and the average number needed to treat (NNT) between proton CSI without and with VBS were 4.04 and 24.8, respectively, whereas the average LAR difference and the average NNT were larger at 8.65 and 11.6, respectively, when the prescribed dose of 36 Gy (RBE) was used. The LAR for radiation-induced secondary cancer was significantly lower in proton CSI with VBS than without VBS in pediatric patients, especially for the colon, lung, stomach and thyroid. The results of this study could serve as reference data when considering how much of vertebral bodies should be included when performing proton CSI according to age in clinical settings.

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Organ Sparing TreatmentsAdolescentCerebellar NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolCraniospinal IrradiationDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansMaleMedulloblastomaNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedNumbers Needed To TreatProton TherapyRadiotherapy DosageRisk Factorscraniospinal irradiationgrowth disorderslifetime attributable riskproton therapysecondary cancervertebral-body-sparing

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PMID33341899
PMCPMC7948862
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