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  • Local control and toxicity ...
    Tekatli, H.; Palacios, M.A.; Schneiders, F.L.; Haasbeek, C.J.; Slotman, B.J.; Lagerwaard, F.J.; Senan, S.

    Radiotherapy and oncology, 10/2023, Letnik: 187
    Journal Article

    •Delivery of single-fraction SABR to lung tumors on a 0.35T MR-linac resulted in a 3-year local control rate of 97%.•Only 1 patient (2%) developed grade ≥3 toxicity, which was chest wall pain.•MR-guided SABR delivered using repeated breath-holds and with automatic beam gating, achieves good tumor control and low toxicity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MR)-guided radiotherapy permits continuous intrafraction visualization and use of automatic triggered beam delivery, with use of smaller planning target volumes (PTV). We report on long-term clinical outcomes following MR-guided single fraction (SF) lung SABR on a 0.35 T linac. Details of patients treated with SF-SABR for lung tumors were accessed from an ethics approved institutional database. A breath-hold 3D MR simulation scan was performed using a true FISP sequence, followed by a breath-hold 3D CT scan. The gross tumor volume (GTV) was first contoured on the breath-hold CT scan, which was then compared with contours on the 3D MR scan, before the GTV was finalized. SABR plans used step-and-shoot IMRT beams to a PTV derived by adding a 5 mm margin to the breath-hold GTV, and a 3 mm gating window was used. SABR was delivered during repeated breath-holds, using automatic beam gating with continuous visualization of the GTV in a sagittal MR plane. Between 2018-2022, 50 consecutive patients were treated, and 69% had a primary non-small cell lung cancer. Median PTV was 11.2 cc (range 3.9-53.5); 80% of GTV’s were located ≤2.5cm from the chest wall. Prescribed doses were 34Gy (in 58%), 30Gy (32%), or between 20-28Gy (10%). After a median follow-up of 18.1 months (95% CI 12.8-23.5), the 2-year survival was 82% (89% for primary NSCLC and 62% for metastases). After a median follow-up of 16.1 months (95% CI 11.2-21.1), local recurrences developed in 2 patients (4%). The 3-year local control rate was 97%, and just 1 patient developed grade ≥3 toxicity (chest wall pain). MR-guided SF-SABR delivery to lung tumors on a 0.35 T linac, using repeated breath-holds with automatic beam gating, achieves good tumor control and low toxicity.