64y/o F with 1.5cm ER+ breast cancer, s/p breast conserving surgery

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TECHNIQUE: 

  • She was treated with adjuvant APBI using IMRT (click Select Overlay to view dose)
  • Daily cone beam CT match to breast contour and seroma
    • NOTE: Florence trial required clips

DOSE:

  • She received 30 Gy in 5 fractions every other day to partial breast

SIMULATION:

  • Supine, arms up, with chin turned away from side of treatment
  • Immobilization utilizing breast board
  • Wire scar at time of CT simulation

 

 

 

 

 

Case contributed by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)

CONTOURS:
  • GTV: Surgical bed, including clips (if available)
  • CTV: Uniform 1-1.5 cm expansion from GTV, with CTV subtracted from muscle and bone
  • PTV: Uniform 0.5-1 cm margin (with daily CBCT), subtracted 5 mm from skin surface for PTV_eval structure

NOTE: Goal is total 2cm from GTV to PTV

 
DOSE CONSTRAINTS: (Livi IJROBP 2010)
  • Maximal dose to 2% of PTV: <33.6Gy (ideal <32.1 Gy)
  • Uninvolved breast: V15Gy<50% (ideal <25%)
  • Contralateral breast: Max dose <2Gy (ideal <1Gy)
  • Ipsilateral lung: V10Gy<20%
  • Contralateral lung: V5Gy<10%
  • Heart: V5Gy<10% (ideal V3Gy<10%)

NOTE: Optimal PBI candidates have a PTV to total breast volume ratio of <25%, though there was no upper limit on Florence trial.

  • LOCAL CONTROL: This 30 Gy in 5 fraction PBI regimen was non-inferior to whole breast irradiation at 10-year follow-up (abstract only) in Florence trial.
  • SIDE EFFECTS: Acute toxicity is less with APBI and cosmetic outcome is similar at 5-year follow up using Florence regimen (every other day). Correspondence with the trial PI suggests that preliminary evidence suggests daily treatment is equally safe, if needed. NSABP B-39 and Canadian RAPID using a BID regimen which should be used with caution due to concerns about cosmesis.
  • SECOND MALIGNANCY: VMAT using 2 coplanar partial arcs is the preferred approach based on dose homogeneity. Second malignancy rates were very low in Florence trial (7 total at 10 years) and contralateral breast cancers <1% vs 3% with whole breast (not significant).