Evaluating the impact of possible interobserver variability in CBCT-based soft-tissue matching using TCP/NTCP models for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Radiation Oncology

Xuetao Wang¹  Guyu Dai¹  Xin Wang¹  Renming Zhong¹  Li Zhou¹  Shihong Nie¹  Zhonghua Deng¹  Xiaoyu Li¹  Changhu Li¹  Xiangbin Zhang¹ 

[1] Division of Radiation Physics, Department of Radiotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University;

关键词: Prostate cancer;    Image-guided radiotherapy;    Cone-beam CT;    Interobserver variability;    Tumor control probabilities;    Normal tissue complication probabilities;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13014-022-02034-1

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Prostate alignment is subject to interobserver variability in cone-beam CT (CBCT)-based soft-tissue matching. This study aims to analyze the impact of possible interobserver variability in CBCT-based soft-tissue matching for prostate cancer radiotherapy. Methods Retrospective data, consisting of 156 CBCT images from twelve prostate cancer patients with elective nodal irradiation were analyzed in this study. To simulate possible interobserver variability, couch shifts of 2 mm relative to the resulting patient position of prostate alignment were assumed as potential patient positions (27 possibilities). For each CBCT, the doses of the potential patient positions were re-calculated using deformable image registration-based synthetic CT. The impact of the simulated interobserver variability was evaluated using tumor control probabilities (TCPs) and normal tissue complication probabilities (NTCPs). Results No significant differences in TCPs were found between prostate alignment and potential patient positions (0.944 ± 0.003 vs 0.945 ± 0.003, P = 0.117). The average NTCPs of the rectum ranged from 5.16 to 7.29 (%) among the potential patient positions and were highly influenced by the couch shift in the anterior–posterior direction. In contrast, the average NTCPs of the bladder ranged from 0.75 to 1.12 (%) among the potential patient positions and were relatively negligible. Conclusions The NTCPs of the rectum, rather than the TCPs of the target, were highly influenced by the interobserver variability in CBCT-based soft-tissue matching. This study provides a theoretical explanation for daily CBCT-based image guidance and the prostate-rectum interface matching procedure. Trial registration: Not applicable.

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