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British Journal of Radiology (2005) 78, 742-745
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/11782857
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Setup variations in locoregional radiotherapy for breast cancer: an electronic portal imaging study

P T Truong, MDCM, FRCPC1,2, E Berthelet, MD, FRCPC1,2, V Patenaude, RTT1, J Bishop, RTT1, B Sandwith, RTT1, V Moravan, MSc3, W Beckham, PhD1,2, T Mitchell, DCR, RTT1 and I A Olivotto, MD, FRCPC1,2

1 Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre, 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8R 6V5, 2 University of British Columbia, BC and 3 Population and Preventive Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, BC, Canada

Recent trials demonstrating a survival benefit with locoregional radiotherapy (LRRT) to the chest wall and regional nodes in women with node-positive breast cancer have led to increased use of complex techniques to match three or more radiation fields, but information on setup reproducibility with LRRT for breast cancer is scarce. This study reports the magnitude and directions of random and systematic deviations in LRRT for breast cancer using an offline electronic portal imaging verification protocol. Electronic portal images (EPIs) of 46 consecutive women treated with LRRT for breast cancer from March 2001 to February 2002 with LRRT were analysed. Comparisons of EPIs to the corresponding digitally reconstructed radiographs were performed offline with anatomy matching. Displacements in mm were recorded in the superior–inferior (SI), medial–lateral (ML), and anterior–posterior (AP) directions. Random errors ranged from 2.0 mm to 2.5 mm for the breast/chest wall tangential treatments and 2.3 mm to 3.9 mm for the supraclavicular nodal treatments. Systematic errors occurred to a greater degree in the AP direction for the tangential fields and in the ML direction for the supraclavicular field. Displacements of ≥10 mm were found in 1.2% of breast/chest wall tangential treatments and in 6.2% of supraclavicular nodal treatments. These data demonstrate that EPI is a useful tool to verify setup reproducibility in LRRT for breast cancer.




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