The impact of rectal spacers in MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy
The findings from this cohort suggest that MRgART is safe and effective for prostate SABR, with comparable toxicity rates in both spacer and no-spacer cohorts. While rectal spacers offer dosimetric advantages, the adaptive nature of MRgART can mitigate some dosimetric disparities, potentially reducing the need for invasive spacer placement. However, further studies with larger patient populations are needed to confirm these results.
Authors
- Maddison Picton
- Michael Jameson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4867-7670)
- Urszula Jelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-7036)
- Jeremy de Leon
- Vikneswary Batumalai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-2599)
- Madeline Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-5076)
- Charles Tran
- D. Crawford
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (AU)
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctro.2024.100872
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00