A Nomogram to Predict Radiation Pneumonitis, Derived From a Combined Analysis of RTOG 9311 and Institutional Data

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 2007 · International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.077· OSTI ID:21039607

Hope, Andrew; El Naqa, Issam; Apte, Aditya M.S. ^[1]; Lindsay, Patricia E ^[2]; Bosch, Walter D.Sc.; Matthews, John D.Sc. ^[1]; Sause, William ^[3]; Graham, Mary V ^[4]; Deasy, Joseph O ^[1]

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1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO (United States)
2. Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (United States)
3. Department of Radiation Oncology, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Phelps County Regional Hospital, Rolla, MO (United States)

Purpose: To test the Washington University (WU) patient dataset, analysis of which suggested that superior-to-inferior tumor position, maximum dose, and D35 (minimum dose to the hottest 35% of the lung volume) were valuable to predict radiation pneumonitis (RP), against the patient database from Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trial 9311. Methods and Materials: The entire dataset consisted of 324 patients receiving definitive conformal radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (WU = 219, RTOG 9311 = 129). Clinical, dosimetric, and tumor location parameters were modeled to predict RP in the individual datasets and in a combined dataset. Association quality with RP was assessed using Spearman's rank correlation (r) for univariate analysis and multivariate analysis; comparison between subgroups was tested using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. Results: The WU model to predict RP performed poorly for the RTOG 9311 data. The most predictive model in the RTOG 9311 dataset was a single-parameter model, D15 (r = 0.28). Combining the datasets, the best derived model was a two-parameter model consisting of mean lung dose and superior-to-inferior gross tumor volume position (r = 0.303). An equation and nomogram to predict the probability of RP was derived using the combined patient population. Conclusions: Statistical models derived from a large pool of candidate models resulted in well-tuned models for each subset (WU or RTOG 9311), which did not perform well when applied to the other dataset. However, when the data were combined, a model was generated that performed well on each data subset. The final model incorporates two effects: greater risk due to inferior lung irradiation, and greater risk for increasing normal lung mean dose. This formula and nomogram may aid clinicians during radiation treatment planning for lung cancer.

• OSTI ID: 21039607
• Journal Information: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Journal Name: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 69; ISSN IOBPD3; ISSN 0360-3016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
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IRRADIATION
LUNGS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
NOMOGRAMS
PATIENTS
PLANNING
PNEUMONITIS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOTHERAPY