Normal tissue complication probabilities: Dependence on choice of biological model and dose-volume histogram reduction scheme

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 983-993

  Moiseenko, Vitali ^a   Battista, Jerry ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Normal tissue complication probability; Radiation therapy; Radiobiological modeling; Treatment plan evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034000802     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00473-3     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Emami B., Lyman J., Brown A., Coia L., et al. Tolerance of normal tissue to therapeutic irradiation. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys. 21:1991;109-122.
2. Webb S. The physics of conformal radiotherapy. Advances in technology. 1997;Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol (GB).
3. Baltas D, Grassman J. Volume effect & normal tissue responses. In: Baier K, Baltas D, editors. Modeling in clinical radiobiology. Freiburg Oncology Series, Monograph No. 2. Germany: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg; 1997, p. 155-189.
4. Lawrence T.S., Ten Haken R.K., Kessler M.L., et al. The use of 3-D dose volume analysis to predict radiation hepatitis. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys. 23:1992;781-788.
5. Kallman P., Agren A., Brahme A. Tumour and normal tissue responses to fractionated non-uniform dose delivery. Int J Radiat Biol. 62:1992;249-262.
6. Tucker S.L., Liao Z.-X., Travis E.L. Estimation of the spatial distribution of target cells for radiation pneumonitis in mouse lung. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 38:1997;1055-1066.
7. Marks L.B., Sherouse G.W., Munley M.T., et al. Incorporation of functional status into dose-volume analysis. Med Phys. 26:1999;196-199.
8. Schultheiss T.E., Orton C.G., Peck R.A. Models in radiotherapy volume effects . Med Phys. 10:1983;410-415.
9. Lyman J.T., Wolbarst A.B. Optimization of radiation therapy, IV a dose-volume histogram reduction algorithm . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 17:1989;433-436.
10. Hopewell J.W., Morris A.D., Dixon-Brown A. The influence of field size on the late tolerance of the rat spinal cord to single doses of X rays. Br J Radiol. 60:1987;1099-1108.
11. Kim T.H., Panahon A.M., Friedman M., et al. Acute transient radiation hepatitis following whole abdominal irradiation. Clin Radiol. 27:1976;449-454.
12. Ingold J.A., Reed G.B., Kaplan H.S., et al. Radiation hepatitis. Am J Roentgenol. 93:1965;200-208.
13. Poussin-Rosillo H., Nisce L.Z., D'Angio G.J. Hepatic radiation tolerance in Hodgkin's disease patients. Radiology. 121:1976;461-464.
14. Haddad E., Le Bourgeois J.P., Kuentz M. Liver complications in lymphomas treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy preliminary results . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 9:1983;1313-1319.
15. Teft M. Radiation related toxicities in National Wilms' Tumor Study number 1. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2:1977;455-463.
16. Thames H.D., Rozell M.E., Tucker S.L., et al. Direct analysis of quantal radiation response data. Int J Radiat Biol. 49:1986;999-1009.
17. Press W.H., Teukolsky S.A., Vetterling W.T., et al. Numerical Recipes in C. The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. 1995;Cambridge University Press, New York (NY).
18. Balter J.M., Ten Haken R.K., Lawrence T.S., et al. Uncertainties in CT-based radiation therapy treatment planning associated with patient breathing. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 36:1996;167-174.
19. Kutcher G.J., Burman C. Calculation of complication probability factors for non-uniform normal tissue irradiation the effective volume method . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 16:1989;1623-1630.
20. Kwa S.L.S., Theuws J.C.M., Wagenaar A., et al. Evaluation of two dose-volume histogram reduction models for the prediction of radiation pneumonitis. Radiother Oncol. 48:1998;61-69.
21. Burman C., Kutcher G.J., Emami B., et al. Fitting of normal tissue tolerance data to an analytic function. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 21:1991;123-135.
22. Powers B.E., Thames H.D., Gillette S.M., et al. Volume effects in the irradiated canine spinal cord do they exist when the probability of injury is low? Radiother Oncol. 46:1998;297-306.
23. Tucker S.L., Taylor J.M.G. Improved models of tumour cure. Int J Radiat Biol. 70:1996;539-553.
24. Kendal W.S. A closed-form description of tumour control with fractionated radiotherapy and repopulation. Int J Radiat Biol. 73:1998;207-210.