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ArticleNeuro-oncology advances

Dosimetric comparison of hippocampal-sparing technologies in patients with low-grade glioma.

Aoife Williamson, Peter Houston, Jennifer Paterson, Anthony J Chalmers, Philip McLoone, Natasha Fullerton, Sin Yee Foo, Allan James, Stefan Nowicki

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Aoife WilliamsonDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7443-6658
Peter HoustonDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.
Jennifer PatersonDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.
Anthony J ChalmersSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Philip McLooneSchool of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Natasha FullertonDepartment of Neuroradiology, Institute of Neurosciences, QEUH, Glasgow, UK.
Sin Yee FooDepartment of Neuroradiology, Institute of Neurosciences, QEUH, Glasgow, UK.
Allan JamesDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.
Stefan NowickiDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.

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Background: Radiotherapy (RT) plays an integral role in the management of low-grade gliomas (LGG). Late toxicity from RT can cause progressive neurocognitive dysfunction. Radiation-induced damage to the hippocampus (HCP) plays a considerable role in memory decline. Advancements in photon planning software have resulted in the development of multi-criteria optimization (MCO) and HyperArc technologies which may improve HCP sparing while maintaining planning target volume (PTV) target coverage. Methods: Three planning methods for hippocampal sparing (HS) were compared, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) without HS (VMAT_noHS), VMAT with HS (VMAT_HS), MCO with HS (MCO_HS), and HyperArc with HS (HyperArc_HS). Results: Twenty-five patients were identified. The contralateral HCP was spared in 16 patients and bilateral HCP in 9 patients with superiorly located tumors. All 3 HS planning techniques showed significant reductions in dose to the spared HCP in contralateral cases but only VMAT_HS and MCO_HS achieved this in bilateral cases ( Conclusions: This retrospective dosimetric study demonstrated the feasibility of HS for low-grade glioma. All 3 HS planning techniques achieved significant dose reductions to the spared contralateral hippocampus, but only MCO_HS and VMAT_HS achieved this in bilateral cases. MCO was superior to other planning techniques for sparing both bilateral and contralateral hippocampi.

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hippocampal sparinghyperarclow-grade gliomamulti-criteria optimizerphoton planning

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PMCPMC11364934

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