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Treatment Planning Study of Craniospinal Irradiation with Spot Scanning Proton Therapy
A Tasson*, C Beltran , N Laack , S Childs , E Tryggestad , T Whitaker , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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SU-E-T-337 Sunday 3:00PM - 6:00PM Room: Exhibit HallPurpose:To develop a treatment planning technique that achieves optimal robustness against systematic position and range uncertainties, and inter-field position errors for craniospinal irradiation (CSI) using spot scanning proton radiotherapy.
Methods:Eighteen CSI patients who had previously been treated using photon radiation were used for this study. Eight patients were less than 10 years old. The prescription dose was 23.4Gy in 1.8Gy fractions. Two different field arrangement types were investigated: 1 posterior field per isocenter and 2 posterior oblique fields per isocenter. For each field type, two delivery configurations were used: 5cm bolus attached to the treatment table and a 4.5cm range shifter located inside the nozzle. The target for each plan was the whole brain and thecal sac. For children under the age of 10, all plan types were repeated with an additional dose of 21Gy prescribed to the vertebral bodies. Treatment fields were matched by stepping down the dose in 10% increments over 9cm. Robustness against 3% and 3mm uncertainties, as well as a 3mm inter-field error was analyzed. Dose coverage of the target and critical structure sparing for each plan type will be considered. Ease of planning and treatment delivery was also considered for each plan type.
Results:The mean dose volume histograms show that the bolus plan with posterior beams gave the best overall plan, and all proton plans were comparable to or better than the photon plans. The plan type that was the most robust against the imposed uncertainties was also the bolus plan with posterior beams. This is also the plan configuration that is the easiest to deliver and plan.
Conclusion:The bolus plan with posterior beams achieved optimal robustness against systematic position and range uncertainties, as well as inter-field position errors.
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