An impact of pelvic MRI (PMRI) to radiotherapy (RT) target volumes definition in prostate cancer patients (pts).

Authors

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Keren Rouvinov

Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, Israel

Keren Rouvinov , Wilmosh Mermershtain , Olga Beloshicki , Shmuel Ariad , Konstantin Lavrenkov

Organizations

Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, Israel, Department of Oncology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: PMRI is a standard pre-RT evaluation procedure in pts with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate an influence of PMRI to delineation of RT clinical target volume (CTV). Methods: Medical records of prostate cancer pts treated with intensity-modulated RT (IMRT) in single institution retrieved and examined retrospectively. Initial risk group affiliation was defined using D'Amico method. PMRI reports of pts with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer were reviewed and risk group affiliation was re-defined in regards of T- and N-stage. IMRT treatment plans were re-assessed. In regards to PMRI T-stage, extra-capsular extension (ECE) and seminal vesicles invasion (SVI) were included to high-dose CTV. Pelvic lymph nodes (PLN) were planned to treat in all high-risk pts. PLN considered pathological by PMRI were included to separate CTV to receive RT dose higher than unaffected PLN stations. Results: Between 2008 and 2014, 169 pts with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer underwent PMRI at around 1 month before commencing IMRT. Initially, 89 pts were affiliated to intermediate-risk and 80 to high-risk group. In general, PTV-changes based on PMRI data required in 77 pts (45.5%). Thirty seven of 89 intermediate-risk pts (41.6%) have been switched to high-risk group, necessitating irradiation of PLN. ECE and SVI were included to high-dose CTV in 64 (37.8%) and 29 pts (17.2%) respectively. PLN were thought pathological in 10 pts (5.9%), which demanded contouring of a separate CTV. Conclusions: In our series PMRI-scans had a significant impact on RT target coverage decision in pts with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2015 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

General Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer

Sub Track

Prostate Cancer - Localized Disease

Citation

J Clin Oncol 33, 2015 (suppl 7; abstr 78)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2015.33.7_suppl.78

Abstract #

78

Poster Bd #

D19

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