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Title: Novel Technique for Hepatic Fiducial Marker Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Abstract

Purpose: To report experience with fiducial marker insertion and describe an advantageous, novel technique for fiducial placement in the liver for stereotactic body radiation therapy with respiratory tracking. Methods and Materials: We implanted 1444 fiducials (single: 834; linked: 610) in 328 patients with 424 hepatic lesions. Two methods of implantation were compared: the standard method (631 single fiducials) performed on 153 patients from May 2007 to May 2010, and the cube method (813 fiducials: 610 linked/203 single) applied to 175 patients from April 2010 to March 2013. The standard method involved implanting a single marker at a time. The novel technique entailed implanting 2 pairs of linked markers when possible in a way to occupy the perpendicular edges of a cube containing the tumor inside. Results: Mean duration of the cube method was shorter than the standard method (46 vs 61 minutes; P<.0001). Median numbers of skin and subcapsular entries were significantly smaller with the cube method (2 vs 4, P<.0001, and 2 vs 4, P<.0001, respectively). The rate of overall complications (total, major, and minor) was significantly lower in the cube method group compared with the standard method group (5.7% vs 13.7%; P=.013). Major complications occurred while using single markers only.more » The success rate was 98.9% for the cube method and 99.3% for the standard method. Conclusions: We propose a new technique of hepatic fiducial implantation that makes use of linked fiducials and involves fewer skin entries and shorter time of implantation. The technique is less complication-prone and is migration-resistant.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ;  [3]; ;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Academic Department of Radiology, Oncologic Center Oscar Lambret, Lille (France)
  2. Department of Biostatistics, Oncologic Center Oscar Lambret, Lille (France)
  3. Department of Radiotherapy, Oncologic Center Oscar Lambret, Lille (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22420416
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; IMPLANTS; LIVER; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN

Citation Formats

Jarraya, Hajer, Chalayer, Chloé, Tresch, Emmanuelle, Bonodeau, Francois, Lacornerie, Thomas, Mirabel, Xavier, Boulanger, Thomas, Taieb, Sophie, Kramar, Andrew, Lartigau, Eric, and Ceugnart, Luc. Novel Technique for Hepatic Fiducial Marker Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.IJROBP.2014.05.002.
Jarraya, Hajer, Chalayer, Chloé, Tresch, Emmanuelle, Bonodeau, Francois, Lacornerie, Thomas, Mirabel, Xavier, Boulanger, Thomas, Taieb, Sophie, Kramar, Andrew, Lartigau, Eric, & Ceugnart, Luc. Novel Technique for Hepatic Fiducial Marker Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJROBP.2014.05.002
Jarraya, Hajer, Chalayer, Chloé, Tresch, Emmanuelle, Bonodeau, Francois, Lacornerie, Thomas, Mirabel, Xavier, Boulanger, Thomas, Taieb, Sophie, Kramar, Andrew, Lartigau, Eric, and Ceugnart, Luc. 2014. "Novel Technique for Hepatic Fiducial Marker Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJROBP.2014.05.002.
@article{osti_22420416,
title = {Novel Technique for Hepatic Fiducial Marker Placement for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy},
author = {Jarraya, Hajer and Chalayer, Chloé and Tresch, Emmanuelle and Bonodeau, Francois and Lacornerie, Thomas and Mirabel, Xavier and Boulanger, Thomas and Taieb, Sophie and Kramar, Andrew and Lartigau, Eric and Ceugnart, Luc},
abstractNote = {Purpose: To report experience with fiducial marker insertion and describe an advantageous, novel technique for fiducial placement in the liver for stereotactic body radiation therapy with respiratory tracking. Methods and Materials: We implanted 1444 fiducials (single: 834; linked: 610) in 328 patients with 424 hepatic lesions. Two methods of implantation were compared: the standard method (631 single fiducials) performed on 153 patients from May 2007 to May 2010, and the cube method (813 fiducials: 610 linked/203 single) applied to 175 patients from April 2010 to March 2013. The standard method involved implanting a single marker at a time. The novel technique entailed implanting 2 pairs of linked markers when possible in a way to occupy the perpendicular edges of a cube containing the tumor inside. Results: Mean duration of the cube method was shorter than the standard method (46 vs 61 minutes; P<.0001). Median numbers of skin and subcapsular entries were significantly smaller with the cube method (2 vs 4, P<.0001, and 2 vs 4, P<.0001, respectively). The rate of overall complications (total, major, and minor) was significantly lower in the cube method group compared with the standard method group (5.7% vs 13.7%; P=.013). Major complications occurred while using single markers only. The success rate was 98.9% for the cube method and 99.3% for the standard method. Conclusions: We propose a new technique of hepatic fiducial implantation that makes use of linked fiducials and involves fewer skin entries and shorter time of implantation. The technique is less complication-prone and is migration-resistant.},
doi = {10.1016/J.IJROBP.2014.05.002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22420416}, journal = {International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics},
issn = {0360-3016},
number = 1,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}