Practice Patterns Analysis of Ocular Proton Therapy Centers: The International OPTIC Survey

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العنوان: Practice Patterns Analysis of Ocular Proton Therapy Centers: The International OPTIC Survey
المؤلفون: F. Goudjil, Jan Hrbacek, Catherine Nauraye, Cornelia Hoehr, Yen-Lin Chen, Juliette Thariat, Helen A. Shih, Jan Swakoń, Rémi Dendale, Kavita Mishra, Jens Heufelder, Andrzej Kacperek, Damien C. Weber, Alessia Pica, Cheryl Duzenli, Joel Herault, Alejandro Mazal, M. Auger, Inder K. Daftari, Andrea Denker, Alexei Trofimov, Tomasz Horwacik
المصدر: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 95:336-343
بيانات النشر: Elsevier BV, 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
مصطلحات موضوعية: Uveal Neoplasms, Canada, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Maintenance, medicine.medical_treatment, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Cancer Care Facilities, Eye neoplasm, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Germany, Surveys and Questionnaires, Proton Therapy, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Medical physics, 610 Medicine & health, Radiation treatment planning, Melanoma, Proton therapy, Radiation, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Practice patterns, Eye Neoplasms, Radiotherapy Dosage, Magnetic resonance imaging, Cyclotrons, medicine.disease, Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted, United Kingdom, eye diseases, Radiation therapy, Massachusetts, Oncology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Florida, San Francisco, France, Poland, business, Quality assurance, Switzerland
الوصف: Purpose To assess the planning, treatment, and follow-up strategies worldwide in dedicated proton therapy ocular programs. Methods and Materials Ten centers from 7 countries completed a questionnaire survey with 109 queries on the eye treatment planning system (TPS), hardware/software equipment, image acquisition/registration, patient positioning, eye surveillance, beam delivery, quality assurance (QA), clinical management, and workflow. Results Worldwide, 28,891 eye patients were treated with protons at the 10 centers as of the end of 2014. Most centers treated a vast number of ocular patients (1729 to 6369). Three centers treated fewer than 200 ocular patients. Most commonly, the centers treated uveal melanoma (UM) and other primary ocular malignancies, benign ocular tumors, conjunctival lesions, choroidal metastases, and retinoblastomas. The UM dose fractionation was generally within a standard range, whereas dosing for other ocular conditions was not standardized. The majority (80%) of centers used in common a specific ocular TPS. Variability existed in imaging registration, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) rarely being used in routine planning (20%). Increased patient to full-time equivalent ratios were observed by higher accruing centers ( P =.0161). Generally, ophthalmologists followed up the post–radiation therapy patients, though in 40% of centers radiation oncologists also followed up the patients. Seven centers had a prospective outcomes database. All centers used a cyclotron to accelerate protons with dedicated horizontal beam lines only. QA checks (range, modulation) varied substantially across centers. Conclusions The first worldwide multi-institutional ophthalmic proton therapy survey of the clinical and technical approach shows areas of substantial overlap and areas of progress needed to achieve sustainable and systematic management. Future international efforts include research and development for imaging and planning software upgrades, increased use of MRI, development of clinical protocols, systematic patient-centered data acquisition, and publishing guidelines on QA, staffing, treatment, and follow-up parameters by dedicated ocular programs to ensure the highest level of care for ocular patients.
تدمد: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.040
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b99b12c194ed2cc7db95df2bdacaaff3
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.040
Rights: CLOSED
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....b99b12c194ed2cc7db95df2bdacaaff3
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
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تدمد:03603016
DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.01.040