Incidence of CNS Injury for a Cohort of 111 Patients Treated With Proton Therapy for Medulloblastoma: LET and RBE Associations for Areas of Injury

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• 作者：Drosoula Giantsoudi ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Roshan V. Sethi ; MD^&lowast ; ; Beow Y. Yeap ; ScD^&dagger ; ; Bree R. Eaton ; MD^&lowast ; ; David H. Ebb ; MD^&Dagger ; ; Paul A. Caruso ; MD^&sect ; ; Otto Rapalino ; MD^&sect ; ; Yen-Lin E. Chen ; MD^&lowast ; ; Judith A. Adams ; BSc^&lowast ; ; Torunn I. Yock ; MD ; MCh^&lowast ; ; Nancy J. Tarbell ; MD^&lowast ; ; Harald Paganetti ; PhD^&lowast ; ; Shannon M. MacDonald ; MD^&lowast ; ; ^{smacdonald@mgh.harvard.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：95
• 期：1
• 页码：287-296
• 全文大小：1390 K

文摘

Central nervous system (CNS) injury is a rare complication of radiation therapy for pediatric brain tumors, but its incidence with proton radiation therapy (PRT) is less well defined. Increased linear energy transfer (LET) and relative biological effectiveness (RBE) at the distal end of proton beams may influence this risk. We report the incidence of CNS injury in medulloblastoma patients treated with PRT and investigate correlations with LET and RBE values.

bsSec_2">Methods and Materials

bspara0015">We reviewed 111 consecutive patients treated with PRT for medulloblastoma between 2002 and 2011 and selected patients with clinical symptoms of CNS injury. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings for all patients were contoured on original planning scans (treatment change areas [TCA]). Dose and LET distributions were calculated for the treated plans using Monte Carlo system. RBE values were estimated based on LET-based published models.

bsSec_3">Results

bspara0020">At a median follow-up of 4.2 years, the 5-year cumulative incidence of CNS injury was 3.6% for any grade and 2.7% for grade 3+. Three of 4 symptomatic patients were treated with a whole posterior fossa boost. Eight of 10 defined TCAs had higher LET values than the target but statistically nonsignificant differences in RBE values (P=.12).

bsSec_4">Conclusions

bspara0025">Central nervous system and brainstem injury incidence for PRT in this series is similar to that reported for photon radiation therapy. The risk of CNS injury was higher for whole posterior fossa boost than for involved field. Although no clear correlation with RBE values was found, numbers were small and additional investigation is warranted to better determine the relationship between injury and LET.