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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2022

Association between tumor morphology and dosimetric parameters of organs at risk after intensity-modulated radiotherapy in esophagus cancer.

Fahui Li, Yuxuan Luo, Jing Chen, Liping He, Yiying Liang, Junjie Lai, Feibao Guo

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Article in Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Fahui LiDepartment of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yuxuan LuoThe Medical Technology and Engineering Academy of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Jing ChenThe Medical Technology and Engineering Academy of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Liping HeThe Medical Technology and Engineering Academy of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yiying LiangThe Medical Technology and Engineering Academy of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Junjie LaiThe Medical Technology and Engineering Academy of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Feibao GuoDepartment of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Fujian Academy of Medical Sciences · CNFujian Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University · CN

Funding

Startup Fund for Scientific Research of Fujian Medical University (Fahui Li) 2020QH1025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe explored the effects of geometrical topological properties of tumors such as tumor length and "axial cross-sectional area (ACSA)" of tumors (planning target volume [PTV] volume /PTV length) on the dosimetric parameters of organs at risk (lung and heart) in patients with esophagus cancer (EPC) treated by way of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), so as to provide a guideline for the dosimetric limitation for organs at risk in IMRT treatment.

methodsA retrospective analysis was done on 103 cases of patients with EPC who were treated by IMRT from November 2010 to August 2019, in which PTV-G stood for the externally expanded planning target volume (PTV) of the gross tumor volume (GTV) and PTV-C for the externally expanded volume of the clinical target volume (CTV). A linear regression model was employed to analyze the several pairs of correlation: the 1st one between the relative length of tumors (PTV length/lung length) and pulmonary dose-volume parameters, the 2nd one between ACSA of tumors and pulmonary dose-volume parameters, the 3rd one between PTV length and the dosimetric parameters of the heart, and the last one between ACSA of tumors and the dosimetric parameters of the heart.

results(i) There was a strong positive correlation between the relative length of tumors (PTV length/lung length) and V

conclusions(i) Compared with the high-dose region of the lung, the relative length of tumors (PTV length/lung length) has a greater impact on the low-dose region of the lung. The linear regression equation of scatter plot showed that when the relative length of tumors increased by 0.1, the lung dose-volume parameters of V

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Esophageal NeoplasmsRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedHumansOrgans at RiskRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRetrospective Studiesdosimetric parameters of organs at riskesophageal cancerIMRTradiation-induced injurytumor morphology

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