Breast Neoplasms, Radiotherapy Side Effect
Conditions
Brief summary
Recently, there is growing interest in the application of three-dimensional (3D) printed bolus to radiotherapy.At present, the researches on the application of 3D-printed bolus in breast cancer are mainly focused on air gap between skin and bolus or electron beam conformal therapy \[7,15\], there are no clinical experience with customized 3D-printed bolus for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in daily practice has been published up to now. We aim to evaluate dosimetry and application of 3D-printed bolus for the post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) with Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). Seventy five patients with breast cancer receiving radiotherapy following post-mastectomy in our department were randomly selected in this study. The accuracy of fit of the 3D-Printed bolus to the chest wall was improved significantly relative to conventional bolus.This study demonstrates customized 3D-printed bolus in post-mastectomy radiation therapy improves fit of the bolus compared to conventional bolus. Furthermore, VMAT based on 3D-printed bolus significantly improves the chest wall target coverage and the conformity of plan, and reduces the dose of ipsilateral lung and heart, compared to conventional bolus.
Interventions
OTHERcustomized 3D-printed bolus fabricated based on reconstruction of computed tomography (CT) images
customized 3D-printed bolus fabricated based on reconstruction of computed tomography (CT) images were used in this study.
Sponsors
Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* breast cancer patients with post-mastectomy treatment
Exclusion criteria
* NA
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dose comparison | one year | The prescription dose was 50 Gy in 25 fractions. Dose-volume histograms (DVHs) were used dosimetric analysis. D98%, D50% and D2%, indicating dose to 98% (near-minimum dose), 50% and 2% (near-maximum dose) of both target volumes, and V95%, V100%, and V110% indicating percent volume receiving 95%, 100% and 110% of prescribed dose, were recorded |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactChunling Jiang, Phd,MD
Outcome results
None listed