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1 Submission Packet Statements Purpose Statement: The purpose of this study is to compare plan isocenter locations to determine if a guideline can be established to prevent collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device in all directions while maintaining quality treatment plans. Problem Statement: The problem is that prone breast set ups occasionally result in collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device depending on the isocenter location, which can negatively impact treatment and patient experience. Hypotheses: H1 A : The research hypothesis (H1) is that an isocenter location guideline can be developed to prevent collisions with the prone breast immobilization and gantry head, while still creating a clinically acceptable treatment plan. H1 0 : The null hypothesis (H0) is that a guideline isocenter location cannot be developed that will prevent collisions and create a clinically acceptable plan. Change Matrix Title of Capstone: Minimizing clearance issues with prone breast patients on Varian linear accelerators through isocenter placement. Group: Lauren Wilson & Rob Rohe Reviewer’s recommendation How addressed Page numbers where change appears Combining these 2 sentences would make for a stronger introductory statement. Combined sentences page 8, intro 1 st paragraph When treating breast cancer, the volume being treated is often the whole breast, not the "tumor", Changed verbiage to include “target” volume and elaborated by saying this is typically the page 8, intro 1 st paragraph

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Purpose Statement: The purpose of this study is to compare plan isocenter locations to determine if a guideline can be established to prevent collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device in all directions while maintaining quality treatment plans. 

Problem Statement: The problem is that prone breast set ups occasionally result in collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device depending on the isocenter location, which can negatively impact treatment and patient experience. 

Hypotheses:  

H1A: The research hypothesis (H1) is that an isocenter location guideline can be developed to prevent collisions with the prone breast immobilization and gantry head, while still creating a clinically acceptable treatment plan. 

H10: The null hypothesis (H0) is that a guideline isocenter location cannot be developed that will prevent collisions and create a clinically acceptable plan. 

 

Change Matrix  

Title of Capstone: Minimizing clearance issues with prone breast patients on Varian linear accelerators through isocenter placement.   

Group: Lauren Wilson & Rob Rohe 

Reviewer’s recommendation  

How addressed  

Page numbers where change appears  

 Combining these 2 sentences would make for a stronger introductory statement.

 Combined sentences

 page 8, intro 1st paragraph

 When treating breast cancer, the volume being treated is often the whole breast, not the "tumor", which has often already been excised. "Target volume" might be a more appropriate descrition with some discussion about what the target volume includes.

 Changed verbiage to include “target” volume and elaborated by saying this is typically the whole breast

 page 8, intro 1st paragraph

These 2 sentences seem out of place in this paragraph. The paragraph is about immobilization, not image guidance. Either you need a paragraph about image guidance or omit image guidance info all together.

Are you saying that only lt sided patients have set up errors and therefore are allowed more imaging dose while rt sided patients always set up perfectly and therefore don't need imaging? That makes no sense.

 After further review the sentences on image guidance were deemed unnecessary and were removed

 page 8, intro 2nd paragraph

 This sentence seems out of place here. You're talking about reproducibility in this paragraph and then all of a sudden throw a sentence in about increased complexity of treatment delivery and the risk of collision. Again, the next paragraph talks about collision in the first sentence, so this sentence may be better served there.

 Better transition sentence used

 page 8, intro 2nd paragraph

 What do you mean by "MLC failure with the use of photon blocks"? This sentence doesn't make sense to me.

 Removed part about MLC failure since it seemed irrelevant. Combined sentenced about clearance of MLC

 page 9, intro 3rd paragraph

 This section starts stating that you already have potential resolution to collision issues, then you state that you have collision issues. I'd potentially rework this a little. Start with the problem...The problem is that prone breast set ups result in collision. Nguyen suggested supplemental cameras may help see collisions when they happen, but don't help avoid them from happening in the first place. They also suggest the use of as SSD 100 to give additional clearance, but this requires extra set up time as the treatment is no longer isocentric (something like that).

 Reorganized the paragraph to flow better. First stated the problem, then the potential solutions and why they don’t cover all issues

 page 9, intro 3rd paragraph

 Move sentence to the last paragraph of your intro.

 Moved to end of last paragraph of intro

 page 9, intro 3rd paragraph

This looks like the declarative statement for what you're writing your paper about. It should be much stronger and more clearly stated....The goal of this paper is/was to evaluate the development of guidelines for isocenter location that would prevent collision....something like that.

Statement more clearly stated and intent declared

Page 9, intro 4th paragraph

Need a hypothesis abbreviation listed according to the example.

H1 and H0 added

Page 9, intro 4th paragraph

Inappropriate word choice here

Changed sentence structure and removed word

Page 9, intro 4th paragraph

Reference issues: numbers not in Times New Roman size 12 font, spacing, italics for journal abbreviation, missing doi

Style corrections to references made, doi added

Page 10, references

To me this sentence reads...Further (as in we need additional) immobilization is key.....Maybe just say that proper immobilization of the patient is key to set up reproducibility....

Changed to “proper”

Page 10, intro 2nd paragraph

Font Times New Roman

Header font changed

Page 1

This is your introduction, not your conclusion. I'd start this out with something more like Currently no guidelines exist....

Changed verbiage to “currently”

Page 10, intro 3rd paragraph

It was decided to remove the null hypothesis statements during this last draft review.

Removed null hypothesis

Page 10, 4th paragraph

Above you stated that seventeen patients were chosen for the study. These numbers only add up to 10 patients, 5 Lt sided and 5 rt sided. Where are the other 7 patients?

Changed to 12 RT sided patients

Page 10, methods 1st paragraph

Do you need a section for contouring critical structures?

We discussed this and decided it was not relevant for our topic

Page 11, methods 3rd paragraph

This reads poorly to me. I'd say something more like, "...objectives from the institution as described below."

Suggestion made

Page 11, methods 4th paragraph

Do you really have a volume of a volume? Would it be more accurate to say, at least 95% of the clinical target volume at the prescription dose, a maximum of 118% of the CTV at 118% of the prescription dose....

This was a typo. Fixed

Page 11, methods, 4th paragraph

Is it 20Gy or 16Gy to 5% of the heart?

20Gy, 16Gy taken out

Page 11, methods, 4th paragraph

By this point in the paper I'm totally confused. No where are you talking about or addressing the potential for collision. you're just talking about plan evaluation and comparison. Do the plans you are compaing still have the potential for collision? At this point I don't know.

More details about isocenter shifts/measurements added.

Page 11, methods 3rd paragraph

Need to explain potential for collision in new plans/if potential for collision still exists

Measurements for collision avoidance outlined.

Page 12, methods 4th paragraph

Format on references last number & take period away after DOI

Last number corrected and periods removed

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Minimizing clearance issues with prone breast patients on Varian linear accelerators through isocenter placement

Lauren Wilson; Rob Rohe, BS, R.T.(T)

Medical Dosimetry Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI

ABSTRACT

Keywords:

Introduction

The conventional breast radiation treatment technique is executed with the patient in the supine position, however, some evidence indicates that radiation treatment delivered in the prone position is beneficial in order to decrease excess dose delivered to the lung and heart.1 The intent of prone breast treatment plans is to provide sufficient coverage to the target volume, typically the whole breast, while avoiding the inclusion of the lungs and heart in the treatment field. The prone breast position allows for increased target coverage and better sparing of the heart, thyroid, esophagus and contralateral breast and lung in contrast to supine irradiation treatments.2 Prone breast setups are known to be particularly helpful in women with large breast size due to the displacement of the breast from the chest wall and infra-mammary fold, which often develop skin toxicities from supine breast treatments.3 The prone set up technique enables improvement of dose conformity and dose-volume parameters associated with toxicities but poses new challenges for set up reproducibility.4

A study by Huppert et al5 showed treatment position replication was challenging for prone breast irradiation and that immobilization devices are crucial to ensuring accurate positioning of the patient. The setup can be managed by use of a prone breast board placed on the patient positioning system, which aligns the patient in an “arms-up” position and can be made more comfortable with the addition of a memory foam mattress or Vac-Lok.4 The Civco Horizon is a prone breast board model that includes scale rulers and setup sheets to assist with reproducibility (Figure 1 & 2). A study by Lakosi et al6 analyzed a sample of patients who received whole breast irradiation in the prone position for patient satisfaction and reproducibility. The results indicated that set-up accuracy was comparable with other prone systems and average patient satisfaction was reported as good.6 Proper immobilization is key to set up reproducibility in prone breast irradtion.7

Although immobilization devices are necessary for the setup and reproducibility of prone breast patients, they can occasionally cause collision issues with the linear accelerator (Figure 3 & 4).8 According to Nguyen et al,7 the addition of supplemental live-view cameras can help reduce the risk of collision but cannot keep collisions from occurring. Varian linear accelerators have a tertiary collimation system with multi-leaf collimators (MLC) located beneath the X and Y Jaws.9 The tertiary MLC system decreases the distance from the head of the gantry to the isocenter which can lead to clearance issues pertaining to the head of the gantry and the patient or patient positioning system.9 Isocenter location can contribute to additional clearance issues in Varian linear accelerators.10 The use of source to skin distance (SSD) of 100 cm may help to provide sufficient clearance for certain prone breast treatments, but the treatment will no longer be isocentric and set-up time is increased.6

Currently, no guidelines exist to determine appropriate isocenter placement and assure collisions do not occur while treating prone breast patients in radiation therapy. The problem is that prone breast set ups occasionally result in collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device depending on the isocenter location, which can negatively impact treatment and patient experience. The goal of this study was to compare plan isocenter locations to determine if a guideline can be established to prevent collisions of the gantry head with the immobilization device in all directions while maintaining quality treatment plans. The researchers hypothesized that (H1A) an isocenter location guideline could be developed to prevent collisions with the prone breast immobilization and gantry head, while still creating a clinically acceptable treatment plan.

Methods and Materials

Patient Selection & Setup

Seventeen patients from a single institution were chosen for this study. The inclusion criteria were female patients with left or right-sided breast cancer, treated using 3D conformal treatment technique with tangential fields in the prone position. Patients with regional lymph node involvement were excluded from this study. The patient data was collected retrospectively to include 5 patients with left-sided breast cancer and 12 patients with right-sided breast cancer. Fractionation and prescription doses varied amongst patients but all patients were treated with a curative intent and with a mix of 6 MV and 10 MV energies, dependent on the size of the patient and planning restrictions at the institution. Any isocenter shifts from boost plans were not included in the final comparison.

All patients were simulated on a Philips CT scanner using slice thickness of 2 mm for the scan. Patients were positioned head first with both arms above the head in the prone position (Figure 5). For simulation, the physician placed wire around the breast tissue to mark landmarks for contouring. The scan was exported to the RayStation (Version 8A SP1) treatment planning system (TPS).

Isocenter Location

Prior to planning, a clearance threshold was developed using patient positioning system locations relative to isocenter to ensure safe treatment of patients with the Civco Horizon immobilization on Varian Truebeam linear accelerator. The isocenter location threshold was measured to be within 6 cm mediolaterally of midline and less than or equal to 16 cm from the top of the patient position system. Superior and inferior shifts were determined to not be a cause of concern regarding collision issues with prone breast patients, but were used at times due to the field size limitations in prone breast planning. Isocenters located in above range were found to allow for clearance on the Varian Truebeam linear accelerator in regards to the patient immobilization and patient positioning system. After a new isocenter location was determined for each patient, a new treatment plan was created following the clinical objectives from the institution, which are described below.

Objectives

Objectives that had to be achieved following isocenter shifts included no more than 95% of the clinical target volume (CTV) at the prescription dose, no more than 30% volume of CTV at 118% of prescription dose, and no more than 50% volume of CTV at 112% of prescription dose. In addition, no more than 400 cGy average dose of the heart and no more than 2000 cGy dose at 5% volume of the heart. For the lungs, objectives were set for no more than 55% volume of the right lung at 400 cGy dose, and no more than 15% volume of the left lung at 400 cGy dose. These organs at risk (OAR) constraints followed the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 1005 constraints and institution guidelines. The plan doses for the OAR objectives and volumes were documented for the initial plans and re-plans after isocenter shifts.

Plan Comparison

The evaluated metrics for this study involved the isocenter, OAR, and target volumes. Isocenter shifts from the original plan were generated and data from all plans was averaged. The new plan OAR data was statistically evaluated compared to the original plans to help determine if the new treatment plans were clinically acceptable. The new isocenter was evaluated based on its location relative to the previous plan isocenter and whether the new location was within the clearance threshold of plus or minus 6 cm medially/laterally from midline and within 16 cm from the top of the patient positioning system. Next, the OAR were examined specifically looking at the mean lung dose, D95 heart dose, D1 heart dose, D95 lung dose, and D1 lung dose. These parameters were intended to meet RTOG 1005 constraints and the percent difference from the original plan for D95, D1 and mean dose were recorded for the lungs and heart. The planning target volume (PTV) doses from each re-plan was evaluated based on percent of PTV receiving 90%, 95% and 100% of the prescribed dose. The PTV dose objectives must have been within 3% difference of the original plan.

Statistical Analysis

Each patient plan was evaluated individually for data collection. The data were statistically evaluated for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test. In addition, the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test (WSR) was used for all OAR and target metrics, including the mean heart dose, mean lung dose, D95 heart dose, D95 lung dose, D1 heart dose, and D1 lung dose. In addition the WSR was performed on the PTV for percent volume receiving 90%, 95% and 100% of the prescribed dose. For each of the OARs evaluated, Wilcoxon signed rank tests were performed to compare the distributions for the new isocenter compared to the original isocenter. Data was collected for Lungs D95 (cGy) but no hypothesis testing was needed because all of the measured values for both treatment plans were 0, thus showing no difference between treatment isocenters.

The Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment, or false discovery rate, was applied to control the type 1 error rate for multiple testing with a family-wise error rate of 5% for the 17 tests overall.11 Each sample of differences was examined for normality both graphically and with Shapiro-Wilk normality tests. It was determined that Wilcoxon signed rank tests were preferable to paired t-tests due to non-normality observed in several of the samples.

Results

Objectives

The WSR test was performed to investigate the relationship between OAR metrics of original and new plans. A positive difference indicated that the dose using the new isocenter was higher than the dose for the original isocenter and a negative difference indicated that the dose for the new isocenter was less than the dose for the original isocenter (Table 1). Only one OAR objective registered a statistically significant difference in the median dose for the population of all patients under the new and original isocenter. The population median dose for CTV Breast D95 was higher in using the new isocenter (Padj = 0.034) and no statistically significant differences were found for the median doses for CTV Breast Mean or D1. No significant differences in population medians were seen in any of the remaining 16 OARs tested (all Padj > 0.05). The non-parametric related samples evaluated by the WSR test revealed no statistically significant differences for Heart Mean D95 and D1. In addition, no statistically significant differences were calculated in the median dose for the Lung Mean and D1.

The WSR test evaluated the relationship between target volumes of original and new plans. The population median doses for PTV D95, PTV Mean, CTV D95, CTV Mean, CTV D1 and GTV D95 revealed a positive difference indicating that the dose using the new isocenter was higher than the dose for the original isocenter. The population median doses for PTV D1, GTV Mean and GTV D1 revealed a negative difference indicating that the dose for the new isocenter was less than the dose for the original isocenter. No metrics registered a statistically significant difference in the median dose for the population of all patients under the new and original isocenter (all Padj > 0.05).

Isocenter Location

No original plan isocenter fell into clearance threshold and all isocenters from new plans were located within clearance threshold metrics defined as within 6 cm mediolaterally of midline and less than or equal to 16 cm from the top of the patient position system (Table 2). Superior and inferior shifts were not considered to contribute to collisions. The average isocenter shift from the original plan to acceptable parameters measured 3.28 cm medially and 3.1 cm anterior.

Discussion

Conclusion

I would like to thank the Statistical Consulting Center at UW-La Crosse for its assistance with statistical analysis; however, any errors of fact or interpretation remain the sole responsibility of the author.

References

1. Yao S, Zhang Y, Nie K, et al. Setup uncertainties and the optimal imaging schedule in the prone position whole breast radiotherapy. Radiat Oncol. 2019;14(1):76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-019-1282-4

2. Deseyne P, Speleers B, De Neve W, et al. Whole breast and regional nodal irradiation in prone versus supine position in left sided breast cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2017;12(1):89. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-017-0828-6

3. Boyages J, Baker L. Evolution of radiotherapy techniques in breast conservation treatment. Gland Surg. 2018;7(6):576-595. https://doi.org/10.21037/gs.2018.11.10

4. Fahimian B, Yu V, Horst K, Xing L, Hristov D. Trajectory modulated prone breast irradiation: A LINAC-based technique combining intensity modulated delivery and motion of the couch. Radiother Oncol. 2013;109(3):475-481. https://doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2013.10.031

5. Huppert N, Jozsef G, Dewyngaert K, Formenti SC. The role of a prone setup in breast radiation therapy. Front Oncol. 2011;1:1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2011.00031

6. Lakosi F, Gulyban A, Ben-Mustapha Simoni S, et al. Feasibility evaluation of prone breast irradiation with the Sagittilt system including residual-intrafractional error assessment. Cancer Radiother. 2016;20(8):776 782.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canrad.2016.05.014

7. Nguyen SM, Chlebik AA, Olch AJ, Wong KK. Collision risk mitigation of varian TrueBeam linear accelerator with supplemental live-view cameras. Prac Radiat Oncol. 2019;9(1):e103-e109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2018.07.001

8. Gupta A, Ohri N, Haffty B. Hypofractionated radiation treatment in the management of breast cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2018;18(8):793-803. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2018.1489245

9. Mohan R, Jayesh K, Joshi R, Al-idrisi M, Narayanamurthy P, Majumdar SK. Dosimetric evaluation of 120-leaf mulileaf collimator in a Varian linear accelerator with 6-MV and 18-MV photon beams. J Med Phys. 2008;33(3):114-118. https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.42757

10. Boyer A, Biggs P, Gavin J, et al. AAPM report 72: basic applications of multileaf collimators. Madison, WI: Medical Physics Publishing, American Association of Physicists in Medicine; 2001.

11. Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y. Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Methodological). 1995;57(1):289-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1995.tb02031.x

Figures

Figure 1. Civco Horizon prone breast board for prone breast treatment immobilization.

Figure 2. Civco Horizon prone breast board for prone breast treatment immobilization.

Figure 3. Civco Horizon prone breast board collision with Varian gantry head.

Figure 4. Civco Horizon prone breast board collision with Varian gantry head.

Figure 5. Philips CT (computed tomography) machine with Civco Horizon prone breast board for prone breast simulation.

Table 1. 95% confidence intervals for medians and FDR-adjusted Wilcoxon signed rank P-values for the mean difference are given for each OAR.

95% CI

Response

Padj

Lower

Upper

CTV Breast D95 (cGy)

0.034*

21.5

73.5

CTV Breast Mean (cGy)

0.561

-1.5

18.5

CTV Breast D1 (cGy)

1.000

-15.5

21.0

PTV TumorBed D95 (cGy)

1.000

-16.5

18.0

PTV TumorBed Mean (cGy)

1.000

-10.0

13.5

PTV TumorBed D1 (cGy)

0.561

-5.5

24.5

CTV TumorBed D95 (cGy)

0.924

-16.5

11.5

CTV TumorBed Mean (cGy)

1.000

-10.0

10.0

CTV TumorBed D1 (cGy)

1.000

-11.0

20.0

GTV TumorBed D95 (cGy)

1.000

-16.0

25.0

GTV TumorBed Mean (cGy)

1.000

-10.5

16.0

GTV TumorBed D1 (cGy)

1.000

-18.5

24.0

Heart D95 (cGy)

0.561

-0.5

5.0

Heart Mean (cGy)

0.561

-1.0

7.5

Heart D1 (cGy)

0.561

-11.0

21.0

Lungs Mean (cGy)

1.000

-3.5

3.0

Lungs D1 (cGy)

0.799

-33.5

53.0

*Significantly different at the 5% level

Table 2. Isocenter locations and shifts from original plan isocenter to isocenter location within clearance threshold.

Plan ID

Isocenter Location from Midline (cm)

From top of PPS (cm)

Isocenter Shifts Medially (cm)

Isocenter Shifts Anteriorly (cm)

1

5.98

14.92

6

3

2

5.51

14.98

1

4.5

3

5.04

14.93

2

3

4

5

16

2

4

5

5.74

14.89

3.76

3.11

6

5.98

14.89

5.52

3.11

7

5.98

14.95

3.02

2.05

8

5.98

15.11

5.02

5.39

9

6

15

5.5

3.5

10

6

15

3

2.5

11

6

15

7

4

12

6

15

2

3

13

6

15

3

6

14

6

15

5

2.5

15

5

15

0

1.1

16

4.5

15

0

2

17

6

15

2

0

Average:

3.28

3.1