Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy For Pancreatic Cancer: Assessing Motion With And Without Abdominal Compression.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY(2016)

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234 Background: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is an emerging treatment option for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. This ablative therapy requires highly accurate delivery due to nearby organs at risk. To minimize tumor motion, our institution applies abdominal compression during computed tomography (CT) simulation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of compression in the context of pancreatic SBRT. Methods: In the last 6 months, 32 patients who completed SBRT to the pancreas at our institution were selected for analysis. In each patient, two 4DCT images were acquired, one with and one without abdominal compression. Abdominal compression was achieved with an indexed compression belt with a customized degree of inflation. Each patient had fiducial markers implanted in or near the pancreatic tumor prior to simulation. These fiducials were contoured on both planning CT scans for each gated phase. Motion was assessed by fiducial position changes throughout each gated phase. Res...
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery,Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Physics,Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression,Image-Guided Radiotherapy
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