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Recent trends in radiotherapy for advanced head and neck carcinoma ! Phuc Flix Nguyen-Tn MDCM, FRCP(C) ! Assistant Professor ! Department of Radiation-Oncology ! CHUM Notre-Dame ! Goal of Radiotherapy ! Treat the target volume


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Recent trends in radiotherapy for advanced head and neck carcinoma !

Phuc Félix Nguyen-Tân MDCM, FRCP(C) ! Assistant Professor ! Department of Radiation-Oncology ! CHUM Notre-Dame !

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Goal of Radiotherapy !

  • Treat the target volume while

sparing normal tissue!

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Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) !

Radiotherapy delivered with variable beam intensities across the irradiated field!

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Conventional Radiotherapy !

Conventional! Beam Shaper! Desired Dose Distribution ! Actual Dose Distribution !

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Principles of IMRT !

  • Each broad radiation beam is

divided into a number of smaller beams (beamlets)

  • Intensities of neighboring beamlets

differ

  • Beams/beamlets enter target from

different angles and combine to deliver conformal dose

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Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) !

Intensity ! Modulator! Transmitted! Beamlets! Desired Dose Distribution ! Actual Dose Distribution !

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E.H.!

Intensity Map ! Port Film !

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Patient Immobilization !

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30%, 50%, 70%, 85%! 30%, 50%, 75%, 88%!

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BEV 240! BEV 80! BEV AP!

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Advantages of IMRT !

  • High dose volume conforms to the

3-D configuration of the tumor !

  • Sparing of nearby normal tissues!
  • Option for tumor dose escalation !
  • Biologically more effective dose to

tumor!

  • Improved therapeutic ratio!
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 Potential Disadvantages

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  • Requires greater technical expertise!
  • Labor intensive!
  • Time consuming!
  • Greater target dose inhomogeneity!
  • Requires reproducible immobilization

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  • More stringent Quality Assurance!
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  • SMLC : Segmental Multileaf Collimator


!step-and-shoot, stop-and-shoot,

!multisegment!

  • DMLC : Dynamic Multileaf Collimator


! sliding window technique!

  • IMAT : Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy !
  • Tomotherapy : Sequential (Peacock)


! Helical!

IMRT Methods !

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IMRT vs conventional XRT for advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma: The Notre-Dame experience
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(Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Feb 1;82(2):582-9)!

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Rational for using IMRT !

  • Target delineation improved !
  • Dose volume more conformal to the target volume!
  • Dose per fraction higher to GTV!
  • Treatment time shorter!
  • Mean dose higher!
  • Better therapeutic ratio !
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Objectives !

  • Compare acute toxicity and initial response
  • f IMRT vs conventional XRT for patients

with advanced carcinoma of the oropharynx treated with concurrent chemotherapy!

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Materials !

  • 249 patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma!
  • 194 men (78%) et 55 women (22%)!
  • Median age 57 y.o. (range: 31-79)!
  • Stage III (12%) and stage IV (88%)!
  • Two groups studied:!
  • 100 patients with IMRT!
  • 149 patients conventional XRT!
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Materials !

  • IMRT:!

– 70 Gy in 33 fractions of 2.12 Gy per day! – Mean dose 73 Gy! – 6 and a half weeks!

  • Conventional XRT!

– 70 Gy in 35 fractions of 2 Gy per day! – 7 weeks!

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Materials !

  • Chemotherapy:!

– Carboplatin (70 mg/m2/d x 4 days bolus) ! 5FU ( 600 mg/m2/d continuous infusion)! !

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Results !

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IMRT results !

Author! Site!

  • No. Patients!

Follow-up (months)! Control! Chao! Oropharynx! 74! 33 ! 87%! Lee! Oropharynx! 41! 31 ! 95%! Eisbruch! Varied! 60! 32 ! 82%! De Arruda! Oropharynx! 50! 18 ! 98%! Mendenhall! Base of tongue! 22! 24 ! 90%! Mendenhall! Tonsil ! 17! 37 ! 100%! Notre-Dame! Oropharynx! 100! 35 ! 92%!

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Experience with sw-IMRT !

Studies Centers N F/U median( month) Local control (%) Dose to parotids Xero ≥Gr2 Chao et al Washington university 74 33 87 < 26 Gy 30% De Arruda et al. MSKCC 50 18 98 2 Pd <26Gy (26%) 1 Pd <26Gy (72%) 33% à 9 months Setton et al. M.D. Anderson Cancer center 442 37 95 Pd Ipsi : <26 Gy Pd Contro:<22Gy 28% at 3 yr Huang et al. USCF 71 33 94 Pd (lobe sup): mean = 25,5 Gy 33% at 2 yr Clavel et al. CHUM 100 33 95 1 Pd <26 Gy 2 Pd >20cc <20Gy 2 Pd 50% <30Gy 20% at 2 yr

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Sw-IMRT vs conventional RT !

Study Centers N Median F/U (month) LCR (%) Doses to parotids (Gy) Xéro ≥Gr2

Nutting et al., The Lancet

  • ncology 2011

PARSPORT (multi- centrique) 94 44 No diff (1an) Pd Contro: < 24Gy 74% vs 38% 12 months Clavel et al. IJROBP 2011 CHUM 249 42 95 vs 85 (p=0.042) 1 Pd <26 Gy 2 Pd >20cc <20Gy 2 Pd 50% <30Gy 82% vs 31% 1 year

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Conclusion !

  • Less grade 3-4 radiodermatitis with IMRT!
  • More grade 3-4 mucositis with IMRT!
  • Other acute toxicities similar with conventional XRT!
  • Better usage of radiobiological principles with IMRT could

lead to potential improvement in locoregional control!

  • Predict that long term toxicities might decrease, especially

xerostomia!

  • Potential for better quality of life!
  • Effect is difficult to quantify with concurrent chemotherapy!
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¹⁸F-FDG-PET imaging in radiotherapy tumor volume delineation in treatment of head and neck cancer


(Radiother Oncol 2011 Dec;101(3):362-8)


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Objectives/Method !

  • Prospective study!
  • Evaluate impact of PET/CT to CT alone!
  • 29 patients with H&N carcinoma!
  • PET-CT done at planification!
  • Images reviewed independently!
  • Contours done in collaboration with

neuroradiologist and nucleist on CT then PET! – GTV primary et GTV nodes!

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Volume of GTVp: CT vs TEP
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  • CT
  • TEP

p=0.001

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Example of GTV !

  • CT
  • TEP
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  • CT
  • TEP

p=0.08

Volumes of GTVgg: CT vs TEP
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Negatif adnp on CT and positive on PET
 
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Ultrasound guided bx: 0/8 were positive!

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Metastasis found incidentally !

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Conclusions !

  • Volume of primary GTV!

– CT > TEP in 80% of cases!

  • No difference in volume for adenopathies!
  • Treatment altered in 14% of pts!
  • Influence on clinical outcome?!

– Potential for decrease toxicities! – Potential for better locoregional control and survival! – More studies required!

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Is Helical Tomotherapy (HT) superior to sw-IMRT for advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma?
 The CHUM Notre-Dame experience !

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Apparatus and software !

– sw-IMRT: - Eclipse! ! ! - CORVUS! ! !

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– TH: - Helical tomotherapy!

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TH vs dose to parotids !

! Numerous dosimetric studies shown decreased dose to the parotid when comparing sw-IMRT to TH !

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Hypothesis !

  • TH compared to sw-IMRT will diminish the dose to the

parotids which will translate to similar locoregional control while clinically decrease the incidence of longterm xerostomia!

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Objectives"

 Compare the dose received to the parotids in patients with

advanced oropharyngeal carinoma treated with sw-IMRT vs TH and concomittant chemotherapy!

 Compare longterm xerostomia in each group and correlate this

with the dose received to the parotids and the XRT technique "

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– Treatments between January 2007 and September 2010 at Notre-Dame Hospital CHUM! – Locally advanced oropharyngeal ca! – Curative intent! – Concomittant chemotherapy with platinum regimen!

Retrospective study"

Eligibility criteria "

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Treatment: !

Volumes!

  • GTV (Gross tumor volume): primary and adp"

" "

  • CTV1 (clinical tumor volume): !

Tumor + margin + lymphatic drainage ! at high risk! !

  • CTV2: lymphatic drainage at low risk"
  • PTV1: (Planning target volume): CTV1 + 3-5 mm!
  • PTV2: CTV2 + 3-5 mm "
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Treatments: !

  • Dose"
  • GTV: 70 Gy in 33 fractions of 2,12 Gy!
  • CTV1: 59,4 Gy in 33 fractions of 1,8 Gy"
  • CTV2: 50,4 Gy in 28 fractions of 1,8 Gy"
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Results !

– N = 89 (sw-IMRT = 45 vs TH = 44) ! – Median follow-up 26 months! !

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Locoregional control!

Median F/U 26 months!

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TH vs mean dose to ipsilateral parotids
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P<0,0001

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TH vs dose controlateral parotid
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P<0,0001

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Grade of xerostomia: 
 sw- IMRT vs TH!

P < 0,001

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

sw-IMRT 6 mois sw-IMRT 12 mois HT 6 mois HT 12 mois

Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1 Grade 0

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Discussion!

  • Multivariate analysis demonstrated in this series

that the XRT technique and the dose to the parotid were the two most predictive factor for the degree of xerostomia!

  • IMRT techniques which allow for better sparing
  • f normal tissue such as the parotids leads

potentially to a better therapeutic ratio!

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Conclusion !

  • Recent advances in radiotherapy techniques has translated

into better clinical outcome including quality of life issues!

  • Evaluation of new technologies is of prime importance to

justify not only its clinical relevance but also its costs !

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Patients characteristics !

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Discussion !

  • Première équipe à démontrer une corrélation

entre l’utilisation de la TH et une diminution de la xérostomie clinique!

  • Une étude multivariée démontre que la dose à la

parotide ipsilatérale et la technique de radiothérapie constituent respectivement les deux facteurs prédictifs les plus importants en corrélation avec le niveau de xérostomie!

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Discussion !

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Conclusions de notre étude préliminaire !

  • La dose administrée aux parotides par TH

est significativement plus basse que par sw-IMRT!

  • Le taux de xérostomie grade 2 est

significativement plus bas chez les patients traités par TH vs sw-IMRT!

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Conclusions de notre étude préliminaire !

  • Un effort pour diminuer davantage les

doses aux parotides permettra donc une diminution de la xérostomie chez ces patients!

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Futur !

  • L’utilisation de nouvelles contraintes plus sévères

pour l’irradiation des parotides permettra de diminuer l’incidence clinique de la xérostomie!

  • La redéfinition des doses administrées aux

différents volumes cible facilitera la mise en place de contraintes plus sévères!

  • L’utilisation des nouvelles techniques d’IMRT chez

un plus grand nombre de patients (rapid-ARC, V- MAT, TH) pour diminuer la dose aux parotides permettra l’atteinte d’une meilleure qualité de vie chez une proportion plus grande de ceux-ci.!

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Conclusions de notre étude préliminaire !

  • Un effort pour diminuer davantage les

doses aux parotides permettra donc une diminution de la xérostomie chez ces patients!

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Futur !

  • L’utilisation de nouvelles contraintes plus sévères pour

l’irradiation des parotides permettra de diminuer l’incidence clinique de la xérostomie!

  • La redéfinition des doses administrées aux différents volumes

cible facilitera la mise en place de contraintes plus sévères!

  • L’utilisation des nouvelles techniques d’IMRT chez un plus

grand nombre de patients (rapid-ARC, V-MAT, TH) pour diminuer la dose aux parotides permettra l’atteinte d’une meilleure qualité de vie chez une proportion plus grande de ceux-ci.!

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Acute toxicity !

IMRT !

Conventional

RT ! p ! Dermatitis gr.3-4 ! 39% ! 62% ! p < 0.001 ! Mucitis gr. 3-4 ! 77% ! 73% ! p = 0.022 ! Gavage per tx ! 52% ! 51% ! p = 1.000 ! Weight loss per tx ! 10% ! 10% ! p = 0.277 !

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Acute toxicity !

IMRT !

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RT ! p ! No/Vo gr.3-4 ! 12% ! 13% ! p = 0.295 ! Neutropenia gr.3-4 ! 7% ! 6% ! p = 0.848 ! Febrile neutropenia ! 1% ! 2% ! p = 0.794 !

Hospitalisation !

36% ! 37% ! p = 0.898 !

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Initial clinical response !

IMRT !

Conventional XRT !

p ! Overall Complete response ! 72% ! 66% ! p = 0.322 ! Complete response primary ! 100% ! 96% ! p = 0.118 ! Complete response neck ! 74% ! 67% ! p = 0.316 !

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IMRT vs Conventional Radiotherapy for


  • ropharynx cancer


(Lee et al IJROBP 2006;66(4):966-974)

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  • Retrospective study 1998-2004!
  • 41 pts IMRT et 71 pts CBRT!
  • CDDP 100mg/m2 q 3 weeks!
  • Median F/U 31 and 46 months respectively!
  • Local control at 3 years 85% vs 95% p=0.17!
  • Locoregional control at 3 years 82% vs 92% p=0.18!
  • Overall survival at 3 years 81% vs 91% p=0.10!
  • Xérostomia grade 2 67% vs 12%!
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Implications !

  • Knowledge about the natural

history of the disease!

  • Identifying the correct structures !
  • New way of thinking !
  • Risks involved!
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Implications !

  • Better target delineation!
  • Image fusion!
  • Static organs!
  • Innovative techniques/artistry!
  • Positioning!
  • Proper imobilization!
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Interesting thoughts about IMRT !

  • Higher dose per fraction to GTV (larynx)!
  • Lower dose per fraction to normal tissues!
  • New way of thinking!

_ what to treat and what not to treat!

  • Understanding of the natural history of the

disease!

  • The Star Trek era !
  • Multidisciplinary approach!

_ cooperation and expertise of all people involved!

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30%, 50%, 70%, 85%! 30%, 50%, 75%, 88%!