Potential benefits of intensity-modulated proton therapy in head and neck cancer

In patienten met hoofd-halskanker zijn de doelvolumes vaak groot en complex van vorm en omringd door veel risico-organen en vitale structuren. Radiotherapie van het hoofd-halsgebied leidt daarom vaak tot verschillende ongewenste acute en late neveneffecten die een negatieve invloed hebben op de kwaliteit van leven. Xerostomie (het hebben van een droge mond) en slikproblemen zijn de twee belangrijkste radiatie-geinduceerde late neveneffecten die de kwaliteit van leven van patienten significant beinvloeden. De introductie van geavanceerde fotonen-radiotherapietechnieken heeft het mogelijk gemaakt om het hoge dosisgebied beter te conformeren aan het doelgebied en de normale weefsels beter te sparen. Verschillende studies hebben aangetoond dat in vergelijking met conventionele radiotherapie, de geavanceerdere intensiteitsgemoduleerde radiotherapie (IMRT) met fotonen, de risico-organen relevant voor xerostomie en slikproblemen beter kan sparen. Echter, IMRT resulteert niet altijd in een substantiele verbetering met betrekking tot het sparen van deze risico-organen. Geavanceerdere bestralingstechnieken, zoals protonentherapie (protonenbundeleigenschappen zijn superieur aan die van fotonen), kunnen daarom helpen om de dosisreductie in de relevante risico-organen verder te verbeteren en daarmee de kans op xerostomie en slikproblemen te verminderen. Met de individuele in silico planningsvergelijkende studies, beschreven in dit proefschrift, zijn de potentiele voordelen van verschillende intensiteits-gemoduleerde protonentherapie (IMPT)-behandelplannen voor hoofd-halskanker met betrekking tot het reduceren van de kans op xerostomie en slikproblemen onderzocht, ten opzichte van IMRT-behandelplannen. De resultaten tonen aan dat IMPT relevante risico-organen substantieel kan sparen en daarom een bijdrage kan leveren aan een verbeterde kwaliteit van leven tijdens en na curatieve radiotherapie.

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