TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a generalized knowledge-based planning performance for VMAT irradiation of breast and locoregional lymph nodes—Internal mammary and/or supraclavicular regions
AU - Rago, Maria
AU - Placidi, Lorenzo
AU - Polsoni, Mattia
AU - Rambaldi, Giulia
AU - Cusumano, Davide
AU - Greco, Francesca
AU - Indovina, Luca
AU - Menna, Sebastiano
AU - Placidi, Elisa
AU - Stimato, Gerardina
AU - Teodoli, Stefania
AU - Mattiucci, Gian Carlo
AU - Chiesa, Silvia
AU - Marazzi, Fabio
AU - Masiello, Valeria
AU - Valentini, Vincenzo
AU - de Spirito, Marco
AU - Azario, Luigi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Rago et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Purpose To evaluate the performance of eleven Knowledge-Based (KB) models for planning optimization (RapidPlantm (RP), Varian) of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) applied to whole breast comprehensive of nodal stations, internal mammary and/or supraclavicular regions. Methods and materials Six RP models have been generated and trained based on 120 VMAT plans data set with different criteria. Two extra-structures were delineated: a PTV for the optimization and a ring structure. Five more models, twins of the previous models, have been created without the need of these structures. Results All models were successfully validated on an independent cohort of 40 patients, 30 from the same institute that provided the training patients and 10 from an additional institute, with the resulting plans being of equal or better quality compared with the clinical plans. The internal validation shows that the models reduce the heart maximum dose of about 2 Gy, the mean dose of about 1 Gy and the V20Gy of 1.5 Gy on average. Model R and L together with model B without optimization structures ensured the best outcomes in the 20% of the values compared to other models. The external validation observed an average improvement of at least 16% for the V5Gy of lungs in RP plans. The mean heart dose and for the V20Gy for lung IPSI were almost halved. The models reduce the maximum dose for the spinal canal of more than 2 Gy on average Conclusions All KB models allow a homogeneous plan quality and some dosimetric gains, as we saw in both internal and external validation. Sub-KB models, developed by splitting right and left breast cases or including only whole breast with locoregional lymph nodes, have shown good performances, comparable but slightly worse than the general model. Finally, models generated without the optimization structures, performed better than the original ones.
AB - Purpose To evaluate the performance of eleven Knowledge-Based (KB) models for planning optimization (RapidPlantm (RP), Varian) of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) applied to whole breast comprehensive of nodal stations, internal mammary and/or supraclavicular regions. Methods and materials Six RP models have been generated and trained based on 120 VMAT plans data set with different criteria. Two extra-structures were delineated: a PTV for the optimization and a ring structure. Five more models, twins of the previous models, have been created without the need of these structures. Results All models were successfully validated on an independent cohort of 40 patients, 30 from the same institute that provided the training patients and 10 from an additional institute, with the resulting plans being of equal or better quality compared with the clinical plans. The internal validation shows that the models reduce the heart maximum dose of about 2 Gy, the mean dose of about 1 Gy and the V20Gy of 1.5 Gy on average. Model R and L together with model B without optimization structures ensured the best outcomes in the 20% of the values compared to other models. The external validation observed an average improvement of at least 16% for the V5Gy of lungs in RP plans. The mean heart dose and for the V20Gy for lung IPSI were almost halved. The models reduce the maximum dose for the spinal canal of more than 2 Gy on average Conclusions All KB models allow a homogeneous plan quality and some dosimetric gains, as we saw in both internal and external validation. Sub-KB models, developed by splitting right and left breast cases or including only whole breast with locoregional lymph nodes, have shown good performances, comparable but slightly worse than the general model. Finally, models generated without the optimization structures, performed better than the original ones.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0245305
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0245305
M3 - Article
C2 - 33449952
AN - SCOPUS:85099818612
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 16
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 1 January
M1 - e0245305
ER -