Sokol, Olga (2018)
Oxygen ions as a single and combined modality in radiotherapy.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Dissertation, Erstveröffentlichung
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Ion beam therapy is a rapidly developing branch of tumor treatment. Since ions deposit most of the energy at the end of their ranges, they are good candidates for an effective treatment of deeply-seated tumors together with an efficient sparing of the normal tissue in the beam entrance channel. Currently, only protons and carbon ions are used in clinics. This work aims at experimental study of the relevant properties and exploring the possibility of introducing another ion type, 16O oxygen, to clinical practice, primarily for treatment of hypoxic tumors. In this work, the first multi-scale description of 16O beams, including their experimental characterization from the physical and radiobiological points of view, and the following treatment planning studies, is introduced. Apart from that, the new approach suggesting the irradiation of hypoxic tumors with several primary ions, implemented to the GSI in-house treatment planning system TRiP98, is described and the corresponding treatment planning study is carried out with oxygen and helium beams. The verification of the absorbed dose profiles, as well as the in vitro cell survival experiments, including the measurements in hypoxia, were carried out at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (Germany). These experiments confirmed the present status of the physical and radiobiological beam models for oxygen beams and the reliability of the produced treatment plans. For the first time, the benefit of oxygen ions over carbon ions for irradiation of hypoxic tumors was experimentally indicated. The further comparative study of the treatment plans with oxygen and lighter ion beams revealed that the usage of oxygen ions for hypoxic tumors allows the most uniform target coverage, decrease of the dose received by residual tissue in the entrance channel and avoiding local dose hotspots in the organs at risk. Treatment planning studies using the kill-painting approach suggested that by combining heavy and light primary beams within the same treatment plan one can further improve the outcome of radiotherapy for some cases of hypoxic tumors due to the further reduction of dose received by the critical structures and residual tissue.
Typ des Eintrags: | Dissertation | ||||
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Erschienen: | 2018 | ||||
Autor(en): | Sokol, Olga | ||||
Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung | ||||
Titel: | Oxygen ions as a single and combined modality in radiotherapy | ||||
Sprache: | Englisch | ||||
Referenten: | Durante, Prof. Marco ; Aumann, Prof. Thomas | ||||
Publikationsjahr: | 2018 | ||||
Ort: | Darmstadt | ||||
Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: | 9 April 2018 | ||||
URL / URN: | http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/7454 | ||||
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Ion beam therapy is a rapidly developing branch of tumor treatment. Since ions deposit most of the energy at the end of their ranges, they are good candidates for an effective treatment of deeply-seated tumors together with an efficient sparing of the normal tissue in the beam entrance channel. Currently, only protons and carbon ions are used in clinics. This work aims at experimental study of the relevant properties and exploring the possibility of introducing another ion type, 16O oxygen, to clinical practice, primarily for treatment of hypoxic tumors. In this work, the first multi-scale description of 16O beams, including their experimental characterization from the physical and radiobiological points of view, and the following treatment planning studies, is introduced. Apart from that, the new approach suggesting the irradiation of hypoxic tumors with several primary ions, implemented to the GSI in-house treatment planning system TRiP98, is described and the corresponding treatment planning study is carried out with oxygen and helium beams. The verification of the absorbed dose profiles, as well as the in vitro cell survival experiments, including the measurements in hypoxia, were carried out at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (Germany). These experiments confirmed the present status of the physical and radiobiological beam models for oxygen beams and the reliability of the produced treatment plans. For the first time, the benefit of oxygen ions over carbon ions for irradiation of hypoxic tumors was experimentally indicated. The further comparative study of the treatment plans with oxygen and lighter ion beams revealed that the usage of oxygen ions for hypoxic tumors allows the most uniform target coverage, decrease of the dose received by residual tissue in the entrance channel and avoiding local dose hotspots in the organs at risk. Treatment planning studies using the kill-painting approach suggested that by combining heavy and light primary beams within the same treatment plan one can further improve the outcome of radiotherapy for some cases of hypoxic tumors due to the further reduction of dose received by the critical structures and residual tissue. |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-74541 | ||||
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik | ||||
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 05 Fachbereich Physik 05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Festkörperphysik (2021 umbenannt in Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie (IPKM)) 05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Festkörperphysik (2021 umbenannt in Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie (IPKM)) > Biophysik |
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Hinterlegungsdatum: | 19 Aug 2018 19:55 | ||||
Letzte Änderung: | 19 Aug 2018 19:55 | ||||
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Referenten: | Durante, Prof. Marco ; Aumann, Prof. Thomas | ||||
Datum der mündlichen Prüfung / Verteidigung / mdl. Prüfung: | 9 April 2018 | ||||
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