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- There is a slow adoption of daily cone-beam CT (CBCT) in pediatric image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) compared to adults, with significant variations in protocol practices across centers.
- A survey involving 246 centers revealed responses from 50, highlighting that daily CBCT is commonly used, especially for brain/head and abdomen protocols, yet marked differences in technical settings and radiation doses exist.
- The study concludes that while daily CBCT usage is common, there is a need for standardization and optimization of pediatric IGRT protocols, as current research shows potential for dose reduction without compromising image quality.
Article Abstract
Background: Implementation of daily cone-beam CT (CBCT) into clinical practice in paediatric image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) lags behind compared to adults. Surveys report wide variation in practice for paediatric IGRT and technical information remains unreported. In this study we report on technical settings from applied paediatric CBCT protocols and review the literature for paediatric CBCT protocols.
Methods: From September to October 2022, a survey was conducted among 246 SIOPE-affiliated centres across 35 countries. The survey consisted of 3 parts: 1) baseline information; technical CBCT exposure settings and patient set-up procedure for 2) brain/head, and 3) abdomen. Descriptive statistics was used to summarise current practice. The literature was reviewed systematically with two reviewers obtaining consensus RESULTS: The literature search revealed 22 papers concerning paediatric CBCT protocols. Seven papers focused on dose-optimisation. Responses from 50/246 centres in 25/35 countries were collected: 44/50 treated with photons and 10/50 with protons. In total, 48 brain/head and 53 abdominal protocols were reported. 42/50 centres used kV-CBCT for brain/head and 35/50 for abdomen; daily CBCT was used for brain/head = 28/48 (58%) and abdomen = 33/53 62%. Greater consistency was seen in brain/head protocols (dose range 0.32 - 67.7 mGy) compared to abdominal (dose range 0.27 - 119.7 mGy).
Conclusion: Although daily CBCT is now widely used in paediatric IGRT, our survey demonstrates a wide range of technical settings, suggesting an unmet need to optimise paediatric IGRT protocols. This is in accordance with the literature. However, there are only few paediatric optimisation studies suggesting that dose reduction is possible while maintaining image quality.
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