Intensity-modulated radiotherapy with mri simulation to reduce doses received by erectile tissue during prostate cancer treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 743-749

  Buyyounouski, Mark K ^a   Horwitz, Eric M ^a   Price, Robert A ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^a   Uzzo, Robert G ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; MRI; Prostatic neoplasm; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; PROSTATE CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1242270626     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01617-1     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Singer P.A., Tasch E.S., Stocking C., et al. Sex or survival Trade-offs between quality and quantity of life . J Clin Oncol. 9:1991;328-334.
2. NIH Consensus conference Impotence . JAMA. 270:1993;83-90.
3. Incrocci L., Slob A.K., Levendag P.C. Sexual (dys)function after radiotherapy for prostate cancer A review . Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 52:2002;681-693.
4. Beard C.J., Lamb C., Buswell L., et al. Radiation-associated morbidity in patients undergoing small-field external beam irradiation for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 41:1998;257-262.
5. Fisch B.M., Pickett B., Weinberg V., et al. Dose of radiation received by the bulb of the penis correlates with risk of impotence after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Urology. 57:2001;955-959.
6. Crook J., Esche B., Futter N. Effect of pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer on bowel, bladder, and sexual function The patient's perspective . Urology. 47:1996;387-394.
7. Mantz C.A., Song P., Farhangi E., et al. Potency probability following conformal megavoltage radiotherapy using conventional doses for localized prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 37:1997;551-557.
8. Merrick G.S., Wallner K., Butler W.M., et al. A comparison of radiation dose to the bulb of the penis in men with and without prostate brachytherapy-induced erectile dysfunction. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 50:2001;597-604.
9. Mulhall J.P., Yonover P.M. Correlation of radiation dose and impotence risk after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer. [Letter] Urology. 58:2001;828.
10. Sethi A., Mohideem N., Leybovich L., et al. Role of IMRT in reducing penile doses in dose escalation for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 55:2003;970-978.
11. Zelefsky M.J., Fuks Z., Hunt M., et al. High dose radiation delivered by intensity modulated conformal radiotherapy improves the outcome of localized prostate cancer. J Urol. 166:2001;876-881.
12. Dong L., O'Daniel J.C., Smith L.G. Comparison of 3D conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for early-stage prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 51:2001;320.
13. Prostate. In: Greene FLPD, Fleming ID, Fritz AG, et al., editors. AJCC cancer staging manual. Philadelphia: Lippincott Raven; 2002. p. 309-316.
14. Barrow H.G. Parametric correspondence and chamfer matching Two new techniques for image matching . IJCAI. 2:1977;650-663.
15. Maes F., Collignon A., Vandermeulun D., et al. Multimodality image registration by maximization of mutual information. IEEE Trans Med Imag. 16:1997;187-198.
16. 3D-CRT Oncology Group DO. A phase I/II dose escalation study using three dimensional conformal radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate. 1996.
17. Buyyounouski M, Horwitz EM, Uzzo RG, et al. Using MRI-simulation to define radiation dose to the penile bulb and corporal bodies for prostate cancer patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy or iodine-125 brachytherapy alone. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. Submitted.
18. Friedman M. The use of RANDS to avoid the assumption of normality implicit in the analysis of varience. J Am Stat Assoc. 32:1937;675-701.
19. Fisher R.A. The design of experiments. 8th ed:1966;Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.
20. Kruskal W.H., Wallis W.A. Use of ranks in one-criterion variance analysis. J Am Stat Assoc. 47:1952;583-634.
21. Carrier S., Hricak H., Lee S.S., et al. Radiation-induced decrease in nitric oxide synthasecontaining nerves in the rat penis. Radiology. 195:1995;95-99.
22. Merrick G.S., Butler W.M., Wallner K.E., et al. The importance of radiation doses to the penile bulb vs. crura in the development of postbrachytherapy erectile dysfunction. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 54:2002;1055-1062.
23. Zelefsky M.J., Eid J.F. Elucidating the etiology of erectile dysfunction after definitive therapy for prostatic cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 40:1998;129-133.
24. Beard C.J., Propert K.J., Rieker P.P., et al. Complications after treatment with external-beam irradiation in early-stage prostate cancer patients A prospective multiinstitutional outcomes study . J Clin Oncol. 15:1997;223-229.
25. Hall S.J., Basile G., Bertero E.B., et al. Extensive corporeal fibrosis after penile irradiation. J Urol. 153:1995;372-377.
26. Mulhall J.P., Yonover P., Sethi A., et al. Radiation exposure to the corporeal bodies during 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer. J Urol. 167:2002;539-542.
27. Roach M. III, Faillace-Akazawa P., Malfatti C., et al. Prostate volumes defined by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomographic scans for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 35:1996;1011-1018.
28. Kagawa K., Lee W.R., Schultheiss T.E., et al. Initial clinical assessment of CT-MRI image fusion software in localization of the prostate for 3D conformal radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 38:1997;319-325.
29. Wallner K.E., Merrick G.S., Benson M.L., et al. Penile bulb imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 53:2002;928-933.