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Development of a treatment planning protocol for the multi-centre reirradiation CURE Lung trial 为多中心再照射治疗肺试验制定治疗计划方案。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111293
Lone Hoffmann , Mai-Britt Linaa , Mai Lykkegaard Ehmsen , Maria Fuglsang Jensen , Sarah Eckholdt , Christina Larsen , Mikkel Drøgemüller Lund , Laura Patricia Kaplan , Morten Nielsen , Wiviann Ottosson , Cécile Peucelle , Arpit Saini , Hella Sand , Simon Nyberg Thomsen , Stine Fredslund , Torben Schjødt Hansen , Vladimira Horvat , Marianne Marquard Knap , Lotte Holm Land , Hanna Mortensen , Ane Appelt

Introduction

High-dose lung cancer reirradiation is promising but associated with high toxicity risk. Development of and adherence to consensus guidelines will support safe use.

Materials and methods

Literature review and live workshops were conducted to develop treatment planning guidelines in preparation for the Scandinavian CURE Lung trial. Relevant OARs, dose metrics, constraints, and priorities were considered. For six high-dose reirradiation lung cancer cases, the physical 3D dose distribution of previous treatment was mapped to current CT. The cases were distributed to eight radiotherapy centres, which optimised plans on current CT respecting equieffective cumulative dose constraints. Mapped previous dose and current dose were rescaled to EQD2Gy (α/β = 3 Gy, spinal cord: α/β = 2 Gy), summed by each centre, and reviewed centrally. After cases 1–4 were completed, prioritisation between OAR constraints and target coverage was clarified.

Results

Consensus agreement on guidelines for treatment planning, equieffective cumulative dose constraints, and priorities was established. For cases 1–3, centres complied with constraints. For case 4, covering PTV while respecting OAR constraints was difficult, and major variations were identified, underscoring the need for clearer prioritisation guidance. Consensus was reached to prioritise OAR constraints, and centres re-optimised case 4 accordingly. For cases 5 and 6, all centres underdosed PTV, to comply with OAR constraints. Generally, considerable variation in cumulative OAR doses was observed.

Conclusions

A treatment planning protocol was developed. The pre-trial multi-centre treatment planning study identified and resolved key missing guidance to facilitate common conception of consensus guidelines. Feasibility and compliance with the proposed equieffective cumulative dose constraints were established.
高剂量肺癌再照射是一种很有前景的治疗方法,但也存在高毒性风险。制定和遵守协商一致的指导方针将支持安全使用。材料和方法:通过文献回顾和现场研讨会来制定治疗计划指南,为斯堪的纳维亚治愈肺试验做准备。考虑了相关的桨面、剂量指标、限制和优先事项。对6例高剂量再照射肺癌患者,将既往治疗的物理三维剂量分布映射到当前CT上。这些病例被分配到8个放疗中心,优化了当前CT的计划,尊重等有效累积剂量限制。绘制的既往剂量和当前剂量重新标为EQD2Gy (α/β = 3 Gy,脊髓:α/β = 2 Gy),各中心汇总,集中复查。在案例1-4完成后,澄清了桨管限制和目标覆盖之间的优先次序。结果:在治疗计划、等效累积剂量限制和优先级方面建立了共识。对于案例1-3,中心遵守了限制。对于案例4,在尊重桨动限制的同时涵盖PTV是困难的,并且确定了主要的变化,强调需要更明确的优先级指导。达成了优先考虑桨管限制的共识,各中心据此重新优化了案例4。在个案5和个案6中,所有中心均未充分注射PTV,以符合划桨条例的规定。总的来说,观察到的累积OAR剂量有相当大的变化。结论:制定了治疗计划方案。试验前多中心治疗计划研究确定并解决了关键的缺失指南,以促进共识指南的共同概念。确定了所提出的等有效累积剂量限制的可行性和依从性。
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Assessing the potential and pitfalls of spot sequence optimization for OAR-specific dose rate control in proton PBS Bragg peak FLASH radiotherapy 评估质子PBS Bragg峰值FLASH放疗中oar特异性剂量率控制的点序列优化的潜力和缺陷。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111291
Longfei Diao , Xingyi Zhao , Chingyun Cheng , Tengda Zhang , Shouyi Wei , Dongdong Meng , Zhizhen Wei , Yangguang Ma , Kun Zhu , Hui Wu , Benjamin Durkee , Haibo Lin , Charles B. Simone , Xueqing Yan , Minglei Kang

Purpose

To evaluate the impact of key treatment planning parameters—including beam arrangement, minimum monitor unit (MMU) settings, and anatomical site variability—on the ability to achieve ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) delivery in Bragg peak FLASH radiotherapy.

Methods

FLASH dose rate coverage can be assessed by dose-rate volume histogram (DRVH), thus objective functions based on DRVH can be constructed to optimize the dose rate distribution for individual regions of interest (ROIs). The optimization of each ROI, as part of the final objective function, is integrated into a multi-objective optimization problem that can be solved using a heuristic algorithm. A phantom-based study was conducted to investigate the effect of beam number on optimization performance in proton therapy planning. Treatment plans of 8 consecutive node-negative non-small cell lung cancer and 5 consecutive liver cancer patients were initially optimized, followed by optimizing the spot delivery sequence to enhance dose rate ratios without compromising dose performance. A thorough evaluation was conducted to assess the optimization of the scanning pattern in improving the FLASH ratio of critical OARs in Bragg peak FLASH-RT, considering beam currents, beam arrangement, MMU constraints, and anatomical sites in lung and liver cases.

Results

The phantom study demonstrated that the effectiveness of the spot pattern in dose rate depends on the number of beams and beam arrangement, and the 3-field arrangement can achieve better optimization effects. In lung cases, using a MMU of 600 (nozzle current of 252nA), scanning pattern optimization increased the average dose rate (V40Gy/s) for the esophagus, heart, spinal cord, and lung-GTV from 38.3 %, 62.8 %, 59.6 % and 61.9 % to 74.4 %, 85.5 %, 83.3 % and 78.6 %, respectively (all p-values < 0.001). When a higher MMU of 1200 (nozzle current of 504nA) was used, the benefits brought by optimization are not as obvious as the previous situation. For all liver cases with an MMU of 600, the average FLASH dose rate (V40Gy/s) for the esophagus, heart, spinal cord, and liver-GTV increased from 60.5 %, 52.7 %, 60.3 %, and 59.1 % to 75.1 %, 69.4 %, 80.2 %, and 75.9 %, respectively, after optimization (all p-values < 0.001). However, when a higher MMU of 1200 was used, the V40Gy/s for all four OARs increased from approximately 93.3 % to 97.0 %, showing only limited additional improvement.

Conclusion

This approach successfully optimized FLASH dose rate coverage for specific OARs, enhancing BP-FLASH effectiveness by improving OAR protection while maintaining dosimetric quality. However, the impact of spot pattern optimization is influenced by factors such as the number of beams, MMU constraints, and spot distribution, with limited effectiveness in significantly increasing the FLASH ratio.
目的:评估关键治疗计划参数(包括光束布置、最小监测单元(MMU)设置和解剖部位变异)对Bragg峰值FLASH放疗实现超高剂量率(UHDR)递送能力的影响。方法:利用剂量率体积直方图(DRVH)评估FLASH剂量率覆盖率,构建基于DRVH的目标函数,优化各感兴趣区域(roi)的剂量率分布。每个ROI的优化,作为最终目标函数的一部分,被整合成一个多目标优化问题,可以使用启发式算法来解决。采用基于幻像的方法研究了质子束数对质子治疗方案优化性能的影响。初步优化8例连续淋巴结阴性非小细胞肺癌患者和5例连续肝癌患者的治疗方案,随后优化定点给药顺序,在不影响剂量性能的前提下提高剂量率比。考虑到波束电流、波束排列、MMU约束以及肺和肝病例的解剖部位,我们进行了全面的评估,以评估优化扫描模式在提高Bragg峰值FLASH- rt中关键桨的FLASH比率方面的作用。结果:幻影研究表明,斑图在剂量率方面的有效性取决于光束的数量和光束的排列方式,三场排列方式可以获得更好的优化效果。在肺的情况下,使用MMU的600(喷嘴当前252 na),扫描模式优化增加平均剂量率(V40Gy / s)食道、心脏、脊髓,并从38.3 %,lung-GTV % 62.8,59.6 %和61.9  % %至74.4,85.5 % 83.3 % 78.6 %,分别(所有假定值 结论:这种方法成功地优化FLASH剂量率覆盖特定的桨,增强BP-FLASH有效性通过改善桨保护同时维持剂量测定的质量。然而,光斑图优化的效果受光束数量、MMU约束和光斑分布等因素的影响,在显著提高闪速比方面的效果有限。
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A foundation model for brain tumor MRI analysis: WHO grading and subtype classification 脑肿瘤MRI分析的基础模型:WHO分级和亚型分类。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111297
Junxian Li , Renhe Liu , Yuchen Xing , Ximin Gao , Qiang Yin , Qian Su

Objectives

This study aims to develop a self-supervised foundational model based on routine MRI and to evaluate its performance in tasks of brain tumor grading and pathological subtype classification.

Methods

We developed the Unified Multimodal Brain Imaging Foundation (UMBIF) model by performing self-supervised learning on 51,029 MRI images from multiple institutions. The model was first trained using a contrastive masked image modeling task to extract robust feature representations. Next, UMBIF was fine-tuned for downstream tasks—glioma grading and histological classification—using multi-center cohorts. Finally, we compared UMBIF model with mainstream convolutional neural networks and machine learning algorithms, evaluating accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC).

Results

Compared to self-supervised pretraining methods applied to natural images or single large tumor region images, the UMBIF architecture effectively extracted more comprehensive feature representations, leading to superior model performance. The optimal classifier with pretrained weights demonstrated outstanding results on independent test datasets, achieving accuracies of 0.840 (AUC: 0.723) for grade II, 0.684 (AUC: 0.854) for grade III, 0.775 (AUC: 0.743) for grade IV gliomas and 0.903 (AUC: 0.966) for histological classification, respectively, highlighting its potential in clinical decision-making.

Conclusions

The UMBIF model demonstrated robust applicability across clinically relevant glioma-grading formulations and LGG/HGG subtype classification. By enhancing classification performance with pretrained weights and reducing reliance on annotated data, it holds strong clinical potential for improving diagnostic efficiency and decision-making.
目的:本研究旨在建立一个基于常规MRI的自我监督基础模型,并评估其在脑肿瘤分级和病理亚型分类任务中的表现。方法:我们通过对来自多个机构的51,029张MRI图像进行自监督学习,开发了统一多模态脑成像基础(umif)模型。该模型首先使用对比掩模图像建模任务进行训练,以提取鲁棒特征表示。接下来,使用多中心队列对umif进行下游任务(胶质瘤分级和组织学分类)的微调。最后,我们将umif模型与主流卷积神经网络和机器学习算法进行了比较,评估了准确性、灵敏度、特异性和曲线下面积(AUC)。结果:与应用于自然图像或单个大肿瘤区域图像的自监督预训练方法相比,umif架构有效地提取了更全面的特征表示,从而提高了模型性能。具有预训练权值的最优分类器在独立测试数据集上表现出色,II级、III级、IV级胶质瘤的准确率分别为0.840 (AUC: 0.723)、0.684 (AUC: 0.854)、0.775 (AUC: 0.743)和0.903 (AUC: 0.966),突出了其在临床决策中的潜力。结论:umif模型在临床相关胶质瘤分级配方和LGG/HGG亚型分类中具有强大的适用性。通过使用预训练权值提高分类性能,减少对标注数据的依赖,该方法在提高诊断效率和决策方面具有很强的临床潜力。
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Impact of treatment sequence and dose response on outcomes in locally advanced pancreatic cancer treated with hypofractionated proton beam therapy using simultaneous integrated boost technique 治疗顺序和剂量反应对同时集成增强技术低分割质子束治疗局部晚期胰腺癌疗效的影响。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111295
Tae Hyun Kim , Jung Won Chun , Sang Myung Woo , Joo-Hyun Chung , Min Hee Lee , Sung-Sik Han , Sang-Jae Park , Sung Uk Lee , Yang-Gun Suh , Sung Ho Moon , Sang Soo Kim , Woo Jin Lee

Purpose

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hypofractionated simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) − proton beam therapy (PBT) with systemic treatment and also to explore survival-related prognostic factors, including treatment sequencing and dose–response.

Methods

We reviewed 225 consecutive patients with LAPC treated with SIB-PBT (45–50 Gy[RBE] for PTV1 and 30 Gy[RBE] for PTV2 in 10 fractions). The patients were grouped by treatment sequence as follows: PBT after stable disease post-induction chemotherapy (Group I, 48.9 %), PBT after progression post-induction chemotherapy (Group II, 15.6 %), and PBT followed by maintenance chemotherapy (Group III, 35.6 %).

Results

Median overall survival (OS) from first treatment and PBT was 24.2 (95 % CI, 21.7–26.7) and 19.5 (95 % CI, 17.4–21.7) months, respectively. Group I had significantly longer OS than Groups II and III from first treatment (31.1 vs. 21.1 and 19.1 months) and PBT (23.7 vs. 9.9 and 19.1 months) (p < 0.05 each). Patients receiving 50 Gy(RBE) had significantly better OS from first treatment (25.6 vs. 19.3 months; p = 0.001) and a trend towards better OS from PBT (20.3 vs. 18.3 months; p = 0.062). Most acute adverse events were grade 1–2, with late grade ≥ 3 gastrointestinal events in 4 %.

Conclusion

This largest to-date study on PBT for LAPC suggests that hypofractionated SIB-PBT could be a safe and effective local treatment for LAPC. Favorable outcomes were observed with PBT after stable disease following induction chemotherapy, and a potential dose–response relationship was suggested. However, further prospective studies are required to validate our findings.
目的:评价低分割同步综合增强(SIB) -质子束治疗(PBT)联合全身治疗的疗效和安全性,并探讨与生存相关的预后因素,包括治疗顺序和剂量反应。方法:我们回顾了225例连续接受sibb - pbt治疗的LAPC患者(PTV1治疗45-50 Gy[RBE], PTV2治疗30 Gy[RBE],分10组)。患者按治疗顺序分组:疾病稳定诱导后化疗后PBT (I组,48.9 %),进展诱导后化疗后PBT (II组,15.6 %),PBT后维持化疗(III组,35.6 %)。结果:首次治疗和PBT的中位总生存期(OS)分别为24.2(95 % CI, 21.7-26.7)和19.5(95 % CI, 17.4-21.7)个月。从首次治疗(31.1 vs. 21.1和19.1 个月)和PBT (23.7 vs. 9.9和19.1 个月)(p )开始,I组的OS明显长于II组和III组(p )。结论:这项迄今为止最大的关于PBT治疗LAPC的研究表明,缩小sibb -PBT可能是一种安全有效的LAPC局部治疗方法。在诱导化疗后病情稳定后,PBT观察到良好的结果,并提出了潜在的剂量-反应关系。然而,需要进一步的前瞻性研究来验证我们的发现。
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Response to comment on “Quality assessment of 2705 treatment plans in the randomised Danish breast cancer Group Skagen trial 1” 对“随机丹麦乳腺癌组Skagen试验1中2705个治疗方案的质量评估”评论的回应。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111286
Mette Skovhus Thomsen , Birgitte Vrou Offersen , on behalf of the authors
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Radiotherapy dose–response of mycosis fungoides with large cell transformation 伴有大细胞转化的蕈样真菌病的放疗剂量反应。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111292
Martin J. Higgins , Philippa Johnstone , H. Miles Prince , Stephen Lade , Michael T. Fahey , Christopher McCormack , Carrie van der Weyden , Friyana Bhabha , Odette Buelens , Belinda A. Campbell

Background

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most prevalent subtype of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Large cell transformation of MF (LCTMF) is rare and confers a poor prognosis. Radiotherapy (RT) is an effective local treatment for LCTMF; however, dose–response data are limited.

Methods

Eligibility for this retrospective study required biopsy-proven LCTMF with clinico-pathological correlation, diagnosed 1/1/1990–1/10/2021, and managed at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

Results

83 patients were eligible. Median age was 68 years, 63 (76 %) patients had cutaneous-only LCTMF at time of diagnosis. Median follow-up was 8.0 (95 % CI: 6–11) years.
Details of 155 irradiated LCTMF lesions (from 49 patients) were available: 150 cutaneous, 5 extra-cutaneous. For cutaneous LCTMF, median equivalent dose in 2.0 Gy per fraction (EQD2, α/β of 10) was 30.6 (range, 4.7–46.3) Gy. Dose-response data were available for 141 cutaneous LCTMF lesions. Overall response rate (ORR) was 94 % (60 % complete response (CR), 35 % partial response). For cutaneous lesions treated with >12.0 Gy, ORR was 100 %. Increasing doses of RT were associated with greater CR rates: doses >36.0 Gy achieved 100 % CR rate.
22 (27 %) patients had unifocal cutaneous-only LCTMF and were treated with local RT-alone, median EQD2 36.0 Gy (range, 17.3–46.3 Gy). CR rate was 100 %. 9 (41 %) patients remained relapse-free (median follow-up, 3.2 years). Only 1 patient experienced infield-only recurrence at first relapse.

Conclusion

LCTMF is radio-responsive, with EQD2 >12.0 Gy associated with 100 % ORR. Dose-response was observed, with EQD2 >36.0 Gy achieving 100 % CR rate. For unifocal cutaneous LCTMF, RT-alone achieved excellent infield control with possible curative potential in a proportion of patients.
背景:蕈样真菌病(MF)是原发性皮肤t细胞淋巴瘤中最常见的亚型。MF的大细胞转化(LCTMF)是罕见的,预后较差。放射治疗(RT)是LCTMF有效的局部治疗方法;然而,剂量-反应数据是有限的。方法:本回顾性研究要求活检证实LCTMF具有临床病理相关性,诊断为1990年1月1日至2021年1月10日,并在Peter MacCallum癌症中心进行管理。结果:83例患者入选。中位年龄为68 岁,63例(76 %)患者在诊断时仅有皮肤LCTMF。中位随访时间为8.0年(95 %CI: 6-11)。155个LCTMF放射病灶(来自49例患者)的详细资料:150个皮肤,5个皮外。对于皮肤LCTMF, 2.0 Gy分数(EQD2, α/β 10)的中位等效剂量为30.6 Gy(范围,4.7-46.3)Gy。141例LCTMF皮肤病变的剂量-反应数据可用。总缓解率(ORR)为94 %(完全缓解(CR)为59 %,部分缓解为35 %)。对于使用>12.0 Gy治疗的皮肤病变,ORR为100% %。增加RT剂量与更高的CR率相关:剂量>36.0 Gy达到100% % CR率。22例(27 %)单灶性皮肤LCTMF患者接受局部单独rt治疗,中位EQD2 36.0 Gy(范围17.3-46.3 Gy)。CR率为100% %。9例(41 %)患者保持无复发(中位随访时间为3.2 年)。只有1例患者首次复发时出现内野复发。结论:LCTMF具有放射反应性,EQD2 >12.0 Gy与100% % ORR相关。观察剂量反应,EQD2 >36.0 Gy达到100% % CR率。对于单灶性皮肤LCTMF,单独rt治疗在一定比例的患者中获得了良好的内场控制,并具有可能的治疗潜力。
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Investigation of the combined role of dose and dose-averaged LET in the occurrence of brain necrosis after intensity modulated proton therapy for meningioma and solitary fibrous tumours 剂量和平均剂量LET在调强质子治疗脑膜瘤和孤立性纤维性肿瘤后脑坏死发生中的联合作用的研究。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111290
A. Bazani , M. Bagnalasta , G. Fontana , S. Lillo , V. Pavanello , L. Trombetta , E. Rossi , S. Molinelli , A. Iannalfi , M. Ciocca , E. Orlandi

Background and purpose

To investigate the combined effect of RBE-weighted dose (DRBE) and dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd) on the development of brain radionecrosis (BRN) in patients with intracranial meningioma and solitary fibrous tumors treated with intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT).

Materials and methods

The study included 124 patients with a median follow-up of 47.4 months (range 5.8 ÷ 109.6). Dose prescriptions ranged between 54 and 66 Gy(RBE) (RBE = 1.1) in 28 ÷ 33 fractions. Patients reporting a BRN of grade ≥ 1 (CTCAE v5.0) at follow-up constituted the adverse event (AE) group (n = 26). The remaining 98 patients constituted the control group. The BRN volume was contoured on the follow-up MRI images that first revealed the presence of the AE. We extracted both DRBE and LETd distributions to build the cumulative dose LETd volume histogram (DLVH) of the healthy-brain. Univariable and multivariable logistic regressions were fitted to explore the impact of DLVH indexes on BRN (α = 0.01). Voxel-wise analysis was performed on the AE group using greedy random matching (caliper = 0.1) to match healthy-brain with AE voxels with a 5 Gy(RBE) dose-binning. A logistic mixed-effects model (random intercept) was fitted for each bin (α = 0.05).

Results

The best fitting DLVH index was selected as the median partial brain volume receiving a DRBE > 42.9 Gy(RBE) and LETd > 4.6 keV/µm (8.2 cc for the AE group and 1.1 cc for the control group). The effect of LETd reached the highest statistically significant impact in the dose bin 40–45 Gy(RBE) (OR: 2.24 [1.62; 3.20], q(False Discovery Rate-adjusted) = 0.01).

Conclusion

We identified a DLVH constraint, predictive of BRN, to be implemented in clinical practice aiming at a reduction of treatment toxicity.
背景与目的:探讨rbe加权剂量(DRBE)和剂量平均线性能量转移(LETd)对强度调节质子治疗(IMPT)颅内脑膜瘤和孤立性纤维性肿瘤患者脑放射性坏死(BRN)发展的联合影响。材料和方法:研究纳入124例患者,中位随访47.4 个月(范围5.8 ÷ 109.6)。处方剂量范围为54 ~ 66 Gy(RBE = 1.1),分为28个 ÷ 33个分数。随访时报告BRN等级 ≥ 1 (CTCAE v5.0)的患者构成不良事件(AE)组(n = 26)。其余98例为对照组。在首次发现AE的后续MRI图像上对BRN体积进行了轮廓化处理。我们提取DRBE和LETd分布,构建健康大脑的累积剂量LETd体积直方图(DLVH)。采用单变量和多变量logistic回归探讨DLVH指数对BRN的影响(α = 0.01)。对AE组进行体素分析,采用贪婪随机匹配(caliper = 0.1),以5 Gy(RBE)剂量分级匹配健康脑与AE体素。每个箱拟合logistic混合效应模型(随机截距)(α = 0.05)。结果:选择最合适的DLVH指数作为接受DRBE > 42.9 Gy(RBE)和LETd > 4.6 keV/µm (AE组为8.2 cc,对照组为1.1 cc)的中位部分脑容量。在40-45剂量组( Gy, RBE)中,LETd的影响达到最高,具有统计学意义(OR: 2.24 [1.62; 3.20], q(假发现率调整后) = 0.01)。结论:我们确定了一个DLVH约束,预测BRN,将在临床实践中实施,旨在降低治疗毒性。
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Integrating photon with proton dose–response data alters a pulmonary complication model-based patient selection in esophageal cancer 整合光子和质子剂量反应数据改变了食管癌肺部并发症模型为基础的患者选择。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111289
Yuting Liu , Pieter Populaire , Camille Draguet , Karin Haustermans , Gilles Defraene

Purpose/Objective

To develop a general lung dose–response curve for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and surgery in esophageal cancer (EC), and to assess the impact of including proton therapy (PT) data in normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) model development.

Materials and methods

A comprehensive PubMed search (2004–2024) identified studies reporting mean lung dose (MLD) and PPCs after esophagectomy with nCRT. Logistic and probit NTCP models were fitted to study-level or dose-bin data using weighted maximum likelihood optimization, with and without PT data (XT + PT and XT model, respectively). Meta-analysis evaluated other PPCs risk factors. A simulation study on 40 patients with comparative XT and PT plans assessed model-based patient selection, assuming PT referral when Δ NTCP ≥ 10 %.

Results

16 non-overlapping studies were included for review. PPCs incidence was significantly lower in PT versus XT cohort (15.6 % versus 30.7 %, p < 0.001). Both NTCP models showed increasing PPCs risk with rising MLD, with the XT model predicting higher PPCs rate in the low-dose region. Meta-analysis identified histology, surgery approach and pre-RT FEV1 as significant predictors (p < 0.05). In the simulation study, the XT + PT model predicted lower PPCs risk and subsequently higher Δ NTCP than the XT model (average 16.3 % versus 8.0 %, p < 0.001). Referral decisions differed in 15 of 40 patients (37.5 %), who were redirected to PT only by the XT + PT model.

Conclusion

Including PT dose–response data into thoracic NTCP models alters pulmonary complication model-based patient selection in EC.
目的:建立食管癌(EC)新辅助放化疗(nCRT)和手术后肺部并发症(PPCs)的一般肺剂量反应曲线,并评估纳入质子治疗(PT)数据对正常组织并发症概率(NTCP)模型建立的影响。材料和方法:一项全面的PubMed检索(2004-2024)确定了报告nCRT食管切除术后平均肺剂量(MLD)和PPCs的研究。Logistic和probit NTCP模型采用加权最大似然优化方法拟合研究水平或剂量仓数据,有或没有PT数据(分别为XT + PT和XT模型)。荟萃分析评估了其他PPCs危险因素。一项针对40例患者的模拟研究评估了基于模型的患者选择,假设Δ NTCP≥10 %时PT转诊。结果:纳入16项无重叠研究。PT组的PPCs发生率明显低于XT组(15.6 % vs 30.7 %,p 1是显著的预测因子)(p )结论:将PT剂量反应数据纳入胸椎NTCP模型改变了基于肺并发症模型的EC患者选择。
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Modality-AGnostic image Cascade (MAGIC) for multi-modality cardiac substructure segmentation 模态不可知图像级联(MAGIC)用于多模态心脏亚结构分割。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111296
Nicholas Summerfield , Qisheng He , Alex Kuo , Chase Ruff , Joshua Pan , Ahmed I. Ghanem , Simeng Zhu , Anudeep Kumar , Prashant Nagpal , Jiwei Zhao , Ming Dong , Carri Glide-Hurst

Purpose

Cardiac substructure delineation is emerging in treatment planning to minimize the risk of radiation-induced heart disease. Deep learning offers efficient methods to reduce contouring burden but currently lacks generalizability across different modalities and overlapping structures. This work introduces and validates a Modality-AGnostic Image Cascade (MAGIC) deep-learning pipeline for comprehensive and multi-modal cardiac substructure segmentation.

Materials and methods

MAGIC is implemented through replicated encoding and decoding branches of an nnU-Net backbone to handle multi-modality inputs and overlapping labels. First benchmarked on the multi-modality whole-heart segmentation (MMWHS) dataset including cardiac CT-angiography (CCTA) and MR modalities, twenty cardiac substructures (heart, chambers, great vessels (GVs), valves, coronary arteries (CAs), and conduction nodes) from clinical simulation CT (Sim-CT), low-field MR-Linac, and cardiac CT-angiography (CCTA) modalities were delineated to train semi-supervised (n = 151), validate (n = 15), and test (n = 30) MAGIC. For comparison, fourteen single-modality comparison models (two MMWHS modalities and four subgroups across three clinical modalities) were trained. Methods were evaluated for efficiency and against reference contours through the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and two-tailed Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test (p < 0.05).

Results

Average MMWHS DSC scores across CCTA and MR inputs were 0.88 ± 0.08 and 0.87 ± 0.04 respectively with significant improvement (p < 0.05) over unimodal baselines. Average 20-structure DSC scores were 0.75 ± 0.16 (heart, 0.96 ± 0.01; chambers, 0.89 ± 0.05; GVs, 0.81 ± 0.09; CAs, 0.60 ± 0.13; valves, 0.70 ± 0.18; nodes, 0.66 ± 0.12) for Sim-CT, 0.68 ± 0.21 (heart, 0.94 ± 0.01; chambers, 0.87 ± 0.05; GVs, 0.72 ± 0.18; CAs, 0.50 ± 0.18; valves, 0.62 ± 0.16; nodes, 0.52 ± 0.16) for MR-Linac, and 0.80 ± 0.16 (heart, 0.95 ± 0.01; chambers, 0.93 ± 0.04; GVs, 0.84 ± 0.06; CAs, 0.77 ± 0.12; valves, 0.68 ± 0.23; nodes, 0.72 ± 0.11) for CCTA. Furthermore, > 80% and > 70% reductions in training time and parameters were achieved, respectively.

Conclusions

MAGIC offers an efficient, lightweight solution capable of segmenting multiple image modalities and overlapping structures in a single model without compromising segmentation accuracy.
目的:心脏亚结构的描绘正在出现在治疗计划中,以减少辐射引起的心脏病的风险。深度学习为减少轮廓负担提供了有效的方法,但目前缺乏跨不同模态和重叠结构的泛化性。这项工作介绍并验证了一种模态不可知图像级联(MAGIC)深度学习管道,用于全面和多模态心脏子结构分割。材料和方法:MAGIC是通过nnU-Net主干的复制编码和解码分支来实现的,以处理多模态输入和重叠标签。首先以多模态全心分割(MMWHS)数据集为基准,包括心脏CT-血管造影(CCTA)和MR模式,从临床模拟CT (sims -CT)、低场MR- linac和心脏CT-血管造影(CCTA)模式中描绘20个心脏亚结构(心脏、腔室、大血管(GVs)、瓣膜、冠状动脉(CAs)和传导节点),以训练半监督(n = 151)、验证(n = 15)和测试(n = 30)MAGIC。为了进行比较,训练了14个单模式比较模型(2个MMWHS模式和3个临床模式的4个亚组)。方法评估效率,对参考轮廓通过骰子相似系数(DSC)和双尾Wilcoxon符号秩检验(p 结果:平均MMWHS DSC分数在CCTA和输入0.88 先生±  0.08和0.87±0.04 分别显著改善(p 80 %和 > 70 %减少训练时间和参数实现,分别。结论:MAGIC提供了一种高效,轻量级的解决方案,能够在单个模型中分割多个图像模式和重叠结构,而不会影响分割精度。
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Course of quality of life in short- and long-term survivors after radiotherapy for bone metastases 骨转移放疗后短期和长期幸存者的生活质量。
IF 5.3 1区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.111284
Eline H. Huele , Renée Hovenier , Bas B.J. Bindels , Anouk van Oss , Rene H. Kuijten , Roxanne Gal , Bart J. Pielkenrood , Jorrit-Jan Verlaan , Nicolien Kasperts , Wietse S.C. Eppinga , Yvette M. van der Linden , Joanne M. van der Velden , Helena M. Verkooijen

Background

Bone metastases often cause pain and interfere with quality of life (QoL). Survival of patients with bone metastases is increasing and there is a paucity of data about QoL in long-term survivors after external beam radiotherapy.

Methods

Patients with bone metastases treated with radiotherapy were identified from the PRospective Evaluation of interventional StudiEs on boNe meTastases (PRESENT+) cohort. Patient and treatment characteristics were collected before radiotherapy. Patient-reported QoL scores were collected up to 5 years, and included global QoL, physical and emotional functioning, symptoms including pain (EORTC QLQ-C15 PAL) and functional interference and psychosocial aspects (EORTC QLQ-BM22). Dutch reference QoL data were used for comparison.

Results

In total, 458 (23%) short-term (<3 months), 915 (46%) intermediate-term (≥3 months and <2 years), and 603 (31%) long-term (≥2 years) survivors were included. Median survival of the full cohort (n = 1,976) was 9.5 months (interquartile range, 3.3–30.5 months). Two third (n = 1,316, 67%) provided QoL scores. Long-term survivors reported a substantial increase in global QoL, emotional and physical functioning, and functional interference 4 weeks post radiotherapy; this improvement persisted over 5 years. Their QoL scores were substantially better than those of short-term and intermediate-term survivors, and somewhat lower than the reference population.

Conclusion(s)

Patients with bone metastases, referred for radiotherapy, represent a highly heterogeneous group. One third survives more than two years with QoL scores comparable to, or somewhat lower than the Dutch reference population. An individualized treatment approach is needed, addressing both short-term symptom palliation and, if applicable, long-term goals.
背景:骨转移常引起疼痛并影响生活质量。骨转移患者的生存率正在增加,但缺乏关于外部放射治疗后长期存活患者生活质量的数据。方法:从骨转移瘤介入研究的前瞻性评估(PRESENT+)队列中确定放疗治疗的骨转移患者。放疗前收集患者及治疗特点。患者报告的生活质量评分收集至5 年,包括总体生活质量、身体和情绪功能、症状包括疼痛(EORTC QLQ-C15 PAL)和功能干扰和社会心理方面(EORTC QLQ-BM22)。采用荷兰参考生活质量数据进行比较。结果:共有458例(23% %)短期(结论(s):骨转移患者,转介放疗,代表一个高度异质性的群体。三分之一的人活了两年多,生活质量分数与荷兰参考人群相当,或者略低于荷兰参考人群。需要一种个性化的治疗方法,解决短期症状缓解和长期目标,如果适用的话。
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