Purpose <p>To determine the dosimetric effects of set-up errors on boost coverage, and compares skin toxicity of sequential and simultaneous boost techniques for left-sided breast cancer.</p> Materials and methods <p>This retrospective study included 23 early-stage breast cancer cases. Single isocenter HFWBI-SIB(s-SIB), single isocenter HFWBI-SB(s-SB) and dual isocenter HFWBI-SB(d-SB) were planing. Rotations of 0.5°, 1°, and 2° coupled with translationals of 0.5&#xa0;mm, 1.0&#xa0;mm, and 2.0&#xa0;mm were applied along three orthogonal axes. The dose to 95% of the PTV (D95) and the volume covered by 95% of the prescribed dose (V95) were evaluated using GEE univariate analysis to determine how PTV coverage was related to 1/CI<sub>RTOG</sub>, PTVboost volume, PTVboost separation to isocenter. The relationship between the high-dose regions within the PTVbreast and Ratio_V was evaluated using univariate analysis.</p> Results <p>The s-SIB had optimal target coverage and lower high-dose volume, but it increased the risk of compromised coverage to tumor bed. For the s-SB technique, V95 exceeded 95% under all setup errors. At 2.0° coupled with 2.0&#xa0;mm, s-SIB and d-SB exhibited V95 values below 95% in 34.8% and 8.7% of cases, respectively. At other setup errors, both s-SIB and d-SB demonstrated V95 values greater than 95%. Notably, high-dose regions such as V105%, V107%, and V110% within the PTVbreast across the three techniques displayed a significant correlation with Ratio_V.</p> Conclusion <p>Simultaneous-integrated boost for early-stage breast cancer can reduce skin toxicity compared to sequential techniques but with the risk of compromising tumor bed coverage.</p>

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Sequential or simultaneous-integrated boost in early-stage breast cancer patients: trade-offs between skin toxicity and risk of compromised coverage

  • Changyou Zhong,
  • Minfeng Huang,
  • Haidong Yu,
  • Jun Yuan,
  • Ruilian Xie,
  • Zhenzhen Lai,
  • Shanzhou Niu,
  • Chunbo Tang

摘要

Purpose

To determine the dosimetric effects of set-up errors on boost coverage, and compares skin toxicity of sequential and simultaneous boost techniques for left-sided breast cancer.

Materials and methods

This retrospective study included 23 early-stage breast cancer cases. Single isocenter HFWBI-SIB(s-SIB), single isocenter HFWBI-SB(s-SB) and dual isocenter HFWBI-SB(d-SB) were planing. Rotations of 0.5°, 1°, and 2° coupled with translationals of 0.5 mm, 1.0 mm, and 2.0 mm were applied along three orthogonal axes. The dose to 95% of the PTV (D95) and the volume covered by 95% of the prescribed dose (V95) were evaluated using GEE univariate analysis to determine how PTV coverage was related to 1/CIRTOG, PTVboost volume, PTVboost separation to isocenter. The relationship between the high-dose regions within the PTVbreast and Ratio_V was evaluated using univariate analysis.

Results

The s-SIB had optimal target coverage and lower high-dose volume, but it increased the risk of compromised coverage to tumor bed. For the s-SB technique, V95 exceeded 95% under all setup errors. At 2.0° coupled with 2.0 mm, s-SIB and d-SB exhibited V95 values below 95% in 34.8% and 8.7% of cases, respectively. At other setup errors, both s-SIB and d-SB demonstrated V95 values greater than 95%. Notably, high-dose regions such as V105%, V107%, and V110% within the PTVbreast across the three techniques displayed a significant correlation with Ratio_V.

Conclusion

Simultaneous-integrated boost for early-stage breast cancer can reduce skin toxicity compared to sequential techniques but with the risk of compromising tumor bed coverage.