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- The study investigates the impact of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the volumes of white and gray matter in the brains of patients with high grade gliomas, focusing specifically on the tumor-free hemisphere.
- Using advanced imaging techniques (voxel-based morphometry), the researchers analyzed 3D MR images from 12 patients over time to assess changes in brain matter volume during treatment.
- Findings showed significant loss of white matter, particularly in the frontal and parietal lobes, which appeared after chemotherapy and showed a delayed response following radiotherapy, highlighting the neurotoxic effects of these treatments.
Article Abstract
Background: Radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy are components of standard multi-modality treatment of high grade gliomas (HGG) aimed at achieving local tumor control. Treatment is neurotoxic and RT plays an important role in this, inducing damage even distant to the RT target volume.
Purpose: This retrospective longitudinal study evaluated the effect of treatment on white matter and gray matter volume in the tumor-free hemisphere of HGG patients using voxel based morphometry (VBM).
Method: 3D T1-weighted MR images of 12 HGG patients at multiple timepoints during standard treatment were analyzed using VBM. Segmentation of white matter and gray matter of the tumor-free hemisphere was performed. Multiple general linear models were used to asses white matter and gray matter volumetric differences between time points. A mean RT dose map was created and compared to the VBM results.
Results: Diffuse loss of white matter volume, mainly throughout the frontal and parietal lobe, was found, grossly overlapping regions that received the highest RT dose. Significant loss of white matter was first noticed after three cycles of chemotherapy and persisted after the completion of standard treatment. No significant loss of white matter volume was observed between pre-RT and the first post-RT follow-up timepoint, indicating a delayed effect.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated diffuse and early-delayed decreases in white matter volume of the tumor-free hemisphere in HGG patients after standard treatment. White matter volume changes occurred mainly throughout the frontal and parietal lobe and grossly overlapped with areas that received the highest RT dose.
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