ArticleJournal of radiation research2025
A Japanese national survey on IMRT/SBRT in 2023 by the JASTRO High-Precision External Beam Radiotherapy Group.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the utilization and implementation of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in Japan up to 2023. The survey was conducted by the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology High-Precision External Beam Radiotherapy Group Subcommittee from December 2023 to February 2024. The study targeted patients treated with IMRT or SBRT between January 2021 and December 2022. A comprehensive web-based questionnaire was distributed to 880 facilities, with separate sections for radiation oncologists and medical physicists/radiotherapy technologists. A total of 360 facilities responded (response rate: 40.9%) for the section of radiation oncologists, and 405 facilities responded (response rate: 46.0%) for medical physicists/radiotherapy technologists, providing data on the implementation status, techniques, workload and challenges associated with IMRT and SBRT. Based on the responses in the section of radiation oncologists, IMRT was used in 68.6% of responding institutes, and SBRT in 87.8%. VMAT emerged as the most common IMRT technique (78.3%). The survey highlighted a high demand for medical physicists to perform IMRT (86.9%). Based on the responses in the section of medical physicists/radiotherapy technologists, 84.6% of the facilities that have not performed IMRT reported that the main reason was a lack of radiation oncologists. Furthermore, the survey also noted significant variations in prescribed doses and margin sizes across facilities, indicating the need for further standardization. High-precision radiation techniques such as IMRT and SBRT are getting popular, however, the facility requirements which mandate the presence of at least two radiation oncologists prevents IMRT from becoming more widespread in Japan.
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