Aim: To evaluate the difference between GTVBT (Gross Tumor Volume at Brachytherapy) and HR CTV (High Risk Clinical Tumor Volume) delineated with DWI and T2W MRI. To evaluate doses to organs at risk and targets from plans generated using T2W and DWI.
Background: Functional imaging with DWI can improve cervical tumor distinction as it is more sensitive than T2W MRI even in detecting parametrial invasion. This study does a dosimetric comparison between a T2W and DWI based plan.
Methods: Fifty carcinoma cervix patients were subjected to MRI based brachytherapy. T2W and a diffusion weighted sequence were acquired. Target delineation and brachytherapy planning was done on both T2W and DWI. Standard DVH parameters were recorded and the treatment was given using the plan generated from T2W images.
Results: GTVBT and HRCTV contours on DWI were different when compared with T2W. Mean GTVBT volume on T2W and DWI was 5.25 and 5.23, respectively (p value 0.8). Mean HRCTV on T2W and DWI was 28.3 and 27 cc, respectively (p value 0.003). Planning on the above volumes resulted in a superior coverage in terms of HRCTV D90 and D100 for DWI based plan, HRCTV D90 - 735.1 and 741 cGy for T2W and DWI, respectively (p value 0.006), HRCTV D100 - 441.05 and 444.5 for T2W and DWI plans, respectively (p value = 0.006). Doses to the OAR were not significantly increased.
Conclusion: GEC ESTRO based contouring guidelines cover all the functionally abnormal areas on DWI. DWI should only be used as a supplement to T2W for contouring target volumes.
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