On the possible increase in local tumour control probability for gliomas exhibiting low dose hyper-radiosensitivity using a pulsed schedule

Wolfgang A. Tomé, S. P. Howard

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Abstract

Using modelling, we have developed a treatment strategy for gliomas exhibiting low dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) that employs both a reduced dose-rate and pulsed treatment dose delivery. The model exploits the low dose hypersensitivity observed in some glioma cell lines at low radiation doses. We show, based on in vitro data, that a pulsed delivery of external beam radiation therapy could yield significant increases in local control. We therefore propose a pulsed delivery scheme for the treatment of gliomas in which the daily treatment fraction is delivered using 0.20 Gy pulses, separated by three minutes for a time-averaged dose-rate of 0.0667 Gy/min. The dose per pulse of 0.2 Gy is near or below the transition dose observed in vitro for four of the five glioma cell lines we have studied. Using five established glioma cell lines our modelling demonstrates that our pulsed delivery scheme yields a substantial increase in tumour control probability (TCP).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)32-37
Number of pages6
JournalBritish Journal of Radiology
Volume80
Issue number949
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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