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Title: Improving rectal dosimetry for patients with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer undergoing combined high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy with hydrogel space.
Austin Authors: Chao, Michael ;Ow, Darren;Ho, Huong;Chan, Yee ;Joon, Daryl Lim;Spencer, Sandra;Lawrentschuk, Nathan;Guerrieri, Mario;Pham, Trung;McMillan, Kevin;Tan, Alwin;Foroudi, Farshad ;Tang, Johann;Wasiak, Jason;Liu, Madalena;Koufogiannis, George;Cham, Chee Wee;Bolton, Damien M 
Affiliation: National University Hospital, Singapore
Genesis Cancer Care Victoria, Ringwood East, Australia
Austin Health
Ringwood Private Hospital, Ringwood East, Australia
The Bays Hospital, Mornington, Australia
Issue Date: Feb-2019
Date: 2019-02-28
Publication information: Journal of contemporary brachytherapy 2019; 11(1): 8-13
Abstract: To report on rectal dosimetric and toxicity outcomes of intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing combined high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with or without hydrogel spacer (HS) insertion. A total of 97 patients were analyzed in this study, with 32 patients (33%) who had HS insertion compared with a preceding group of 65 patients (67%) without HS. HS safety, the dosimetric effects on organs at risk (rectal, urethral, penile bulb, and bladder) as well as gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary toxicity were evaluated and compared between the two groups. The median prostate-rectal separation achieved with HS was 10 mm (range, 5-14 mm). There were no post-operative complications following HS insertion. Patients with HS had significantly lower radiation dose to the rectum across all rectal dose volumes from rV30 to rV80, whether in absolute volume (cc) or as percentage of contoured OAR (p < 0.001). There was also significantly less acute > grade 1 GI toxicity (12.5% vs. 30.8%, p = 0.05) and a trend towards less late grade 1 GI toxicity (0% vs. 7.7%; p = 0.11) in the HS group compared to the non-HS group. Insertion of HS in prostate cancer patients receiving combined HDR and EBRT is safe and has resulted in a significant radiation dose reduction to the rectum, resulting in significantly less acute GI toxicity and a trend towards less late GI toxicity.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/20505
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2019.82836
ORCID: 0000-0001-8553-5618
0000-0001-8387-0965
0000-0002-5145-6783
0000-0002-9882-1696
Journal: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
PubMed URL: 30911304
ISSN: 1689-832X
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: brachytherapy
high-dose-rate
hydrogel spacer
Prostate cancer
rectal protection
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