Abstract
IntroductionUltra-hypofractionated radiotherapy (UHF-RT) mandates more accuracy in each part of the treatment cycle to maximize cure rates and minimize toxicities. In vivo dosimetry is a direct method for verifying overall treatment accuracy. This study evaluated uncertainties in the delivered dose of Hypofractionated (HF) and UHF Whole Breast Irradiation (WBI) and to analyze the accuracy of the workflow to pave the way for a wide-scale use of UHF-RT. MethodsThirty-three breast cancer cases, including 16 HF-WBI and 17 UHF-WBI were treated with 3D conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT), where 79 fields were analyzed for dose verification. The measurement point was set at the beam entrance (1.5 cm depth). The expected dose at Dmax was calculated via TPS. Before in vivo measurements, diode detectors were tested and calibrated. We developed initial validation measurements for UHF-RT on an anthropomorphic breast phantom for the first time. ResultsFor RANDO phantom, the percentage difference between measured and calculated doses showed an average of -0.52 ± 5.4%, in addition to an excellent dose reproducibility within 0.6%. The overall in vivo measurements for studied cases showed that 83.5% of the measured doses were within ±5% and only 1.8% of the measured doses were greater than ±10% of the calculated doses. The percentage accuracy was slightly larger for UHF cohort (84.2%) compared to HF cohort (83.2%). The maximum percentage difference between them was less than 1%. ConclusionBreast in vivo dosimetry is an adequate tool for treatment verification that improves the accuracy of the treatment cycle. UHF-RT may contribute in reducing the long waiting lists, increasing patient convenience, and saving the available resources for breast cancer patients.
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