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28° Residential Course

   Modern Radiotherapy and unconventional treatments:
         fractionations, volumes and new drugs

                         Rome 8-10 October 2018

Uncoventional approaches and volumes in
             Rectal Cancer

     Maria Antonietta Gambacorta
           Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
Modern Radiotherapy and unconventional treatments:
      fractionations, volumes and new drugs

  Clinical Trial
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer

 • Locally advanced rectal cancer

 • Local relapse
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
Conventional treatment in LARC
                                                                                    C.J.H. van de Velde et al. / European Journal of Cancer xxx (201
20                                 C.J.H. van de Velde et al. / European Journal of Cancer xxx (2013) xxx–xxx

                                                                                 TREATMENT MODALITIES: cT3 (MRF+) N0 -2-M0 or cT4 an
                                                       TREATMENT MODALITIES: cT3 (MRF -) N1-2 M0

                   CLINICAL                                      cT3 (MRF-) N1-2 M0                            cT3 (MRF+) N0-2-M0 or cT4 any N M0
                                                                        CLINICAL
                   STAGE                                            Rectal cancer                                         Rectal cancer
                                                                              STAGE
                                                                                                                                       1
                                                           1                                                   2
                                                                              MDT                   PREOPERATIVE    PREOPERATIVE
                   MDT                             PREOPERATIVE
                                                  RT SHORT COURSE             PRIMARY             RT CHEMOTHERAPY RTCHEMOTHERAPY
                   PRIMARY                                                    TREATMENT                             LONG COURSE
                   TREATMENT                                                                        LONG COURSE
                 STANDARD
                                                          2-3 DAYS                                      6-8 WEEKS                 6-8 WEEKS
                                                                                                                                      2
                                                          TME                                               TME                   At least TME,              3     +/
                                                                                                                                  if necessary
                   PATHOLOGY                                         CRM+                                           CRM+                                         Brach
                   REPORT
                                              CRM-                                               CRM-
                                                                     +/- N+                                         +/- N+
                                                                              MDT                                   4                                    5
                                            1.1                 1.2           1.3         2.1         2.2           2.3          2.4
                   POSTOPERATIVE                  FU                                 FU                               FU
                                                               ADJUVANT                                             ADJUVANT          ADJUVANT
                   MDT DECISION
                  OPTIONAL                                      CHEMO                             ADJUVANT                             CHEMO     Follow up
                                                                                                   CHEMO             CHEMO
                                                                                                ACCORDING TO
                                                                                                NOMOGRAM*           FU Follow up
                      *                                                                                             CRM
                                                                                                                    MRF = Mesorectal Fascia

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                                          9. Treatment
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                                                                            algorithm any N M0    or cT4
                                                                                                      largeany N Moderate    consensus
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Fig. 8. Treatment strategy: cT3 N+, M0
                                                                              Mod from Van de Velde C et al. Eur J Can 2013
                                                                                      did not achieve       consensus, indicated
being no consensus for decision 2.2 adjuvant chemotherapy according to the nomogram; minimum consensus for decision 1.2, 1.3, 2.3 and 2.
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Conventional Volume in LARC                                     Radiotherapy and Oncology 120 (2016) 195–201

                                                                Contents lists available at ScienceDirect

                                                          Radiotherapy and Oncology
                                                     journal homepage: www.thegreenjournal.com

Rectal cancer guidelines

International consensus guidelines on Clinical Target Volume
delineation in rectal cancer
Vincenzo Valentini a, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta a,⇑, Brunella Barbaro b, Giuditta Chiloiro a, Claudio Coco c,
Prajnan Das d, Francesco Fanfani e, Ines Joye f, Lisa Kachnic g, Philippe Maingon h, Corrie Marijnen i,
Samuel Ngan j, Karin Haustermans f
a
  Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Radiation Oncology Department; b Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Department of Radiological Sciences; c Università Cattolica del Sacro
Cuore, Department of Surgical Science, Rome, Italy; d University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston, USA; e University G. D’Annunzio,
Gynecologic Oncology Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Chieti, Italy; f KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Department of Oncology and University Hospitals Leuven,
Radiation Oncology, Belgium; g Boston Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, USA; h Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dijon, France;
i
  Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands; j Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging,
Melbourne, Australia

a r t i c l e         i n f o                           a b s t r a c t

Article history:                                        Introduction: The delineation of Clinical Target Volume (CTV) is a critical step in radiotherapy. Several
Received 23 May 2016                                    guidelines suggest different subvolumes and anatomical boundaries in rectal cancer (RC), potentially
Received in revised form 7 July 2016                    leading to a misunderstanding in the CTV definition. International consensus guidelines (CG) are needed
Accepted 23 July 2016
                                                        to improve uniformity in RC CTV delineation.
Available online 12 August 2016
                                                        Material and methods: The 7 radiation oncologist experts defined a roadmap to produce RC CG. Step 1:
                                                        revision of the published guidelines. Step 2: selection of RC cases with different clinical stages. Step 3:
Keywords:
                                                        delineation of cases using Falcon following previously published guidelines. Step 4: meeting in person
Consensus guidelines
Rectal cancer
                                                        to discuss the initial delineation outcome, followed by a CTV proposal based on revised and if needed,
Clinical Target Volume delineation                      adapted anatomical boundaries. Step 5: peer review of the agreed consensus. Step 6: peer review meeting
                                                        to validate the final outcome. Step 7: completion of RC delineation atlases.
                                                        Results: A new ontology of structure sets was defined and the related table of anatomical boundaries was
                                                        generated. The major modifications were about the lateral lymph nodes and the ischio-rectal fossa delin-
                                                        eation. Seven RC cases were made available online as consultation atlases.
                                                        Conclusion: The definition of international CG for RC delineation endorsed by international experts might

                                                                                                               Valentini V. et al. Radiother Oncol 2016
                                                        support a future homogeneous comparison between clinical trial outcomes.
                                                               ! 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Radiotherapy and Oncology 120 (2016) 195–201
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Clinical trial in LARC

                 Dose escalation à cCR
Clinical Trial   (intermediate)

                 Total Neoadjuvant Therapy
                 (advanced)
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
Dose Escalation Clinical Trial

                      cT3 or cT2 low

                                 Long Course
                                    RT-CT

Pucciarelli et al, S. et al Dis Colon Rectum 2013
Gérard JP et al. J Clin Oncol 2014
Vuong T et al. Semin Colon Rectal Surg 2010
Maas M et al J Clin oncol 2011
Appelt A. Lancet Oncol 2015                         cCR
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
Dose escalation

       D50 TRG1            à 92.0 Gy
       D50 TRG1-2 à 72.1 Gy

      Appelt AL et al. Int. J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
GTV identification
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer - Gemelli ART
…during treatment

Tumor:
  – Moves
                     NOT easely VISIBLE on CBCT
  – Regresses

            SURROGATE VOLUMES:
                Mesorectum
                 Rectal wall
Rectal motion during neo-adjuvant radiochemotherapy for r

                                                                       Target modification
                                                                                                                                                    The time-trend analysis revealed a significant                                                    350
                                                                                                                                               correlation (p ! 0.05) between volume and time in

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        rectal envelope (cm3)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      300
                                                                                                                                               6/10 patients, as shown in Figure 1.
                                                                                                                                                    On average, the Spearman’s rank correlation coef-                                                 250
                                                                                                                                               ficient R was "0.84 (p # 0.0005, 95% confidence inter-
                                                                                                                                               val (CI) "0.62; "0.94); of interest, R was correlated                                                  200
                                                                                                                                               with the rectal volume at the first MVCT (p # 0.03).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      150
                                                                                                                                                    The time-trend was significant in the first part of
                  Mesorectum (CT scan)                                                                                                         the treatment (R # "0.98, 95% CI "0.92; "0.997,
                                                                                                                                               p # 0.005) but not when considering the second part
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      100

                    1322                    E. Ippolito et al.                                                                                 (R # "0.42, 95% CI "0.85; 0.34 p # 0.24), confirm-                                                     50
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1   2   3   4   5    6
                                                                                                                                               ing that the rectal volume reduction occurred in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              patient
                                                                                                                                               first fractions.
                                                                                                                                                    By fitting the data with a polynomial curve, as                    Figure 2. The volumes of the rectal enve
                                                                                                                                               shown in Figure 1, the average reduction was found                      (dark), second half (grey) and total treatme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       for each patient.
                                                                                                                                               to be around 35 cm3 in the first 9 fractions (4 cm3/
                                                                                                                                               fraction). When considering the envelope volumes,
                                                                                                                                               the values referring to the first part of the treatment                 Margins for rectal motion
                                                                                                                                               were always larger than those referring to the second
                                                                                                                                               half (Figure 2) with average values equal to 129 $                      A summary of the results is shown
                                                                                                                                               76 cm3 and 87 $ 23 cm3 (p # 0.002), respectively.                       Table II.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           When considering the median
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       whole treatment as the reference co
                                                                                                                                               Contour agreement analysis using DSC                                    10 mm and 15 mm included about
                                                                                                                                               Mean DSC values were found to increase after the                        envelope for seven and 10 patie
                   Figure 1a. Mesorectum motion observed in one patient during the course of radiotherapy: Front view.
                                                                                                                                               first few fractions (Figure 3). The mean DSC refer-                     Instead, when considering the seco
                                                                                                                                               ring to the first fraction was significantly worse than                 ment, margins of 5 mm and 7mm w

                                                                                                                                                             Ippolito E et al - Acta Oncol – 2009                      eight and 10 patients, respectively;
                    CTV and its motion to be safely applied. IGRT,                      PET to demonstrate tumour response during a
                    providing an exact knowledge of anatomy during the                  radiotherapy course, can furthermore improve rectal    the mean DSC value referring to all the other frac-
                    course of treatment, permits adjustments to improve                 cancer treatment.                                      tions (0.67 $ 0.09 vs. 0.75 $ 0.03; p % 0.00001, t-test).               of the rectal envelope was included
                                                                                          Future developments will probably involve the use
                    accuracy in dose delivery. Also IGRT taking advan-
                    tage of more reliable imaging techniques such us                    of new PET tracers in order to identify new boost      Similarly, the average value referring to the first four                of 12 mm and 5 mm of the media
                    ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO)                     areas within the CTV and the use of PET to monitor     fractions was worse than the remaining fractions                        considering the whole or the second

                  Rectal wall
                    enhanced MRI to detect node involvement or FDG-                     the dose deposition during treatment [54] leading to
                                                                                                                                               (0.70 $ 0.04 vs. 0.75 $ 0.03; p % 0.00001, t-test).                     ment respectively.
                                  (CBCT)
al motion during neo-adjuvant radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer                                                                        321                                                                               When considering the first MVC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       rectum as the reference contours,
  significant                               350                                                                                                                                                                        were adequate compared to the exp
                                                                                                                                                                                Time-trend
                                                                                                                                                       200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       median contour of the whole treat
and time in
                    rectal envelope (cm3)

                                                                                                                                                       180                                                             This result is not surprising and
                                            300
                                                                                                                                                       160
 elation coef-                              250                                                                                                        140
fidence inter-                                                                                                                                         120                                                                                            0.80
as correlated                               200

                                                                                                                                                 cm3
                                                                                                                                                       100
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      0.75
  (p # 0.03).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Average DSC
                                                                                                                                                       80
                                            150
  first part of                                                                                                                                        60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      0.70

 92; "0.997,                                100
                   Figure 1b. Mesorectum motion observed in one patient during the course of radiotherapy: Back view.                                  40                                                                                             0.65
  second part                                                                                                                                          20
 4), confirm-                                50                                                                                                                                                                                                       0.60
                                                                                                                                                        0
                                                          1      2    3       4          5    6                   7      8       9        10
 urred in the                                                                                                                                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18                                             0.55
                                                                                         patient                                                                                 Fraction                                                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            fraction
al curve, as       Black:                                            first half of the treatment
                   Figure 2. The volumes of the rectal envelope of the first half
                                                                                                                                               Figure 1. Time-trend analysis of rectal volume variation during
                                                                                                                                               treatment. Thin dotted lines (& black squares): patients with           Figure 3. The mean similarity coefficients (D
n was found        (dark), second half (grey) and total treatment (white) are plotted
                   Grey:                                             second half of the treatment
                                                                                                                                               significant trend (p % 0.05); grey squares: patients without trend;     agreement between the rectum at each kth
                                                                                                                                               continuous thick black line: average values; thick black dotted line:   others N-1 fractions are shown: the values
                   for each patient.
ons (4 cm3/
pe volumes,        White:                                            entire treatment                                                                             Maggiulli E et al. Acta Oncol 2012
                                                                                                                                               polynomial fit of the average trend.                                    after the first few fractions.
MRI-Guided RT

Direct TUMOR visualization:
§ During each fraction
§ Throughout the treatment
§ By Rad Onc
§ By patient
§ Gated dose delivering
Rectal Cancer Neoadjuvant
                    Treatment
• 16 Patients affected by LARC undergoing neoadjuvant
  chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with MRIdian.

• Long course CRT was prescribed according to a Simultaneous
  Integrated Boost (SIB) delivery protocol.
  55 Gy in fractions of 2.2 Gy to PTV1 (GTV)
  45 Gy in fractions of 1.8 Gy to PTV2 (pelvic subsites)

• Clinical restaging was assessed 6-8 weeks after the end of
  CRT by digital rectal exam (DRE) and restaging MRI.

  • Surgery was planned at 10 weeks

                                               Boldrini L et al. submitted 2018
Imaging protocol

1. MRI scan acquisition at 6 time-points simulation and every 5
   fractions: t0 -t5- t10- t15-t20-t25

2. GTV was delineated and measured on each MR

3. Radiomics features were extracted from each 6 MRI

4. Delta radiomics (t0 vs t5, t0 vs t10…t0 vs t25) were correlated with cCR

                                                    Boldrini L et al. submitted 2018
Imaging protocol
  t0      t5       t10

 t15     t20       t25
Volumetric changes during CRT

        cCR rate: 31%
                        Boldrini L et al. submitted 2018
Radiomics features and cCR prediction
 Feature type        t0Gy    t11Gy     t22Gy     t33Gy       t44Gy     t55Gy
 (S) Min               -     0,009     0,025       -         0,024       -
 (S) Range             -       -         -         -         0,038     0,019
 (S) Energy            -     0,025     0,002     0,009       0,006     0,028
 (M) Surface           -       -         -         -         0,003     0,019
 (M) Volume            -     0,049     0,003       -         0,006     0,028
 (M) Areavolume        -       -       0,003     0,013       0,006       -
 (M) L major           -       -         -         -         0,028       -
 (M) L least           -     0,037     0,001     0,006       0,002     0,013
 (M) Compactness 1   0,038     -         -         -           -         -
 (M) Compactness 2   0,038     -         -         -           -         -
 (M) Sphdispr        0,038     -         -         -           -         -
 (M) Sphericity      0,038     -         -         -           -         -
 (M) Asphericity     0,038     -         -         -           -         -
 (F) MedianFD          -     0,038       -         -           -         -
 (F) MinFD             -       -       0,013       -           -         -
 (T) glnu            0,027   0,038     0,001     0,013       0,003     0,038
 (T) sre               -     0,019     0,019     0,028         -         -
 (T) lre               -     0,019     0,019     0,038         -         -
 (T) hgre              -       -       0,038       -         0,013     0,009
 (T) srhge             -       -       0,038       -         0,013     0,009
 (T) lrhge             -       -       0,038       -         0,013     0,009
 (T) rlnu              -       -       0,028       -         0,013       -
 (T) rlnu norm         -       -       0,019     0,028         -         -
 (T) rperc             -     0,019     0,019     0,028         -         -
 (T) rlvar             -       -       0,019     0,038       0,018       -

6 simulation features 57 ‘delta’ features showed a p value in discriminating cCR

DELTA Least Axis Lenght t10/t0 (22 Gy)                   Boldrini L et al. submitted 2018
Volumetric changes during CRT

                         cCR

Delta Least axis (t10/t0) and cCR rate
                          Boldrini L et al. submitted 2018
Clinical trial in LARC

                  Dose escalation

                  •   Boost is delivered on the tumor mass
                  •   Boost in the second half of the treatment
                       – Tumor shrinks in the first 2 weeks of treatment
                       – Then it remains ‘stable’

Clinical Trial    •   MRI-guided RT
                       – Tumor is visible
                       – Delta radiomics in the first part of the treatment may
                         predict cCR
Unconventional BT treatment in LARC

                  Brachytherapy in RC
                    – Palliative
                    – Boost after ERT
                    – Neoadjuvant
 Clinical Trial
Review paper
       all the complete set of clips was lost before the end of the          Details of the treatment planning procedure have
        course of treatment on only two occasions. Although we         been described previously [6,7]. Prior to CT simulation,
        could have opted to carry out the based on bony anato-         an initial antero-posterior (AP) scout view of the patient

High-dose-rate pre-operative endorectal
        my, in both patients we inserted new clips and repeated
        the treatment planning for the remaining treatment frac-
        tions.
                                                                       lying in supine position is performed in order to visual-
                                                                       ize the endorectal radio-opaque clips. The endorectal ap-
                                                                       plicator is introduced using lubrication with the patient

brachytherapy for patients with rectal cancer
            An intracavitary mould applicator (Elekta AB, Stock-       lying in the lateral decubitus position. The patient is then
        holm, Sweden) of cylindrical shape (27 cm long and 2 cm        repositioned in the supine position, and a plate with the
        in diameter) is used in our study. As shown in Figure 3,       mounted hydraulic locking clamp is slid under the pa-
        eight catheter channels are distributed equally over the       tient’s pelvis and the Oncosmart intracavitary mould is
        circumference    1
Té Vuong, MD, FRCP , Slobodan Devic, PhD, FCCPM
                        of the  applicator  in equal  angular      2
                                                               incre-  latched onto the clamp (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden).
        ments, and a central lumen is also available for inser-        Repeated AP and lateral scout views are then taken and
1Department
        tion of Radiation   Oncology,
                an additional            2Department
                                central catheter.       of MedicalisPhysics,
                                                   The applicator            Jewish General
                                                                       examined.              Hospital, adjustments
                                                                                     When necessary,    McGill University, Montreal,
                                                                                                                     are made    to Québec, Canada
        made of a pliable silicon rubber material, which allows        the cephalic orientations of the applicator relative to the

Abstract
                                                          T3 and low T2Nx
        an easy insertion and navigation through the rectum and
        sigmoid colon. Figure 3 also indicates schematically the
                                                                       radio-opaque clip locations.
                                                                             Following the CT simulation, the acquired images
                                                        rectal cancer patients
        convention we are using with respect to the loading of
    High-dose-rate      endorectal
                                                                       are sent to a dedicated virtual simulation image process-
        the channels (from   1 to 8) as brachytherapy      (HDREBT)
                                        well as the catheters loaded   ingis workstation.
                                                                              an image guided      brachytherapy
                                                                                           The tumor                  treatment for patients with
                                                                                                      (GTV) and intramesorectal
rectal cancer. ItTREATMENT
                  is based on tumor imaging with magnetic resonance in particular, which is used to choose eligible
patients and improve tumor visualization. Treatment planning is performed using 3D CT simulation and treatment
planning. The treatment is given on an outpatient basis and requires minimal local anesthesia. The validation of the
technique was carried out through a preoperative study and is now explored as part of a radical treatment for early
rectal cancer or as a boost modality.
    We describe technical aspects of the HDREBT and we discuss the ongoing institutional review board approved
studies exploring the clinical applications of this treatment modality for patients with rectal cancer: 1) as a neoadjuvant
                               Day 1     Day 4   Day 5   Day 6   Day 7  Day 8       After
treatment for patients with operable
                                (Fri)  rectal
                                         (Fri) tumor;
                                                 (Tue) 2)(Wed)
                                                           as a option
                                                                 (Thu) to improve 6-8
                                                                        (Fri)      local  control
                                                                                      weeks    Time in patients with newly diag-
nosed rectal cancer but with previous pelvic radiation.
                    MRI                   CT     Rx #1    Rx #2  Rx #3  Rx #4      Surgery
                                                                                          J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015; 7, 2: 183-188
                     US      Endoscopy
                                         scan                                                              DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2015.51402
                                    +
                             Radio-opaque
    Key words:      brachytherapy,    endorectal,
                             clips insertion              image guidance, pre-operative, rectal cancer.

            Fig. 1. Time scheme for preoperative endorectal high-dose-rate brachytherapy; the days of the week in parentheses represent
     26Gy
Purpose the mostin   4 fractions
                 suitable                  ofa logistical
                          days not only from    6.5 Gy    pointaof week;
                                                                   view but also dose
                                                                                 forevidenceprescribed
                                                                                     a reliable   of necrotic
                                                                                                reproduction       to
                                                                                                             of theor   the
                                                                                                                    daily       TUMORnodes larger than
                                                                                                                      extramesorectal
                                                                                                                          dose distribution
                                                                                  1 cm were selected for participation in the study. Over the
    Contact X-ray therapy for treatment of rectal cancer,                         last 15 years techniques for imaging, treatment planning
introduced by Papillon [1] in the early 1970s, is highly                          Vuong
                                                                                  and  dose T  et al. have
                                                                                             delivery J Contemp      Brachytherapy
                                                                                                           evolved into                    2015
                                                                                                                          the currently used
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GTVà tumor
CTVàvisible pararectal nodes
Dose prescribed to the
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CTV
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                                   tal brachytherapy in the treatment of locally advanced rectal
                                   carcinoma: Technical aspects. Brachytherapy 2005; 4: 230-235.                     20
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                                   rate endorectal brachytherapy. Med Phys 2007; 34: 4451-4458.
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                                                                                                                          0                   1000                   2000
                                   brachytherapy quality assurance. J Oncol 2008; 58: 53e-54e.                                              Dose (CGy)
                               10. Vuong T, Richard C, Niazi T et al. High dose rate endorectal
                                                                                                                    CTV       Bladder   RT Femur     LT Femur    Bone ma
                                   brachytherapy for patients with curable rectal cancer. Semin
                                     Fig. 4. Dose distribution obtained by treatment planning system
                                   Colon Rectal Cancer Surg 2010; 21: 115-119.

                                                                 Vuong T et al. J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015
Brachytherapy: clinical results
Time of accrual   1989-2005
N° of patients    483                               43 post op RTCT for pN+
Age               68.2 (28-90)
Stage             T3-low T2, Nx
Post-op CT        5-FU at discretion of the MO up to 2005 FOLFOX after 2005
FUP               63 months
pCR               27%
pN+               30%
LR                4.8%
DFS               65.5%
OS                72.8%

                                          Vuong T et al. J Contemp Brachytherapy 2015
Unconventional BT volume in LARC

                    Brachytherapy in RC
                    • High pCR rate
                    • Same outcome as standard RTCT

                    •   No concomitant CT
                    •   No pelvic nodes irradiation
Clinical trial
Clinical trial
                    •
                    •
                        No bone marrow irradiation
                        Fractionated doses < 10 Gy

                 Possible immune system contribution?
Uncoventional approaches and volumes in Rectal Cancer

 • Locally advanced rectal cancer

 • Local relapse
Low conventional palliative volume

                 Re-treatment
                 R0 resection ≈ 20%
                 Good symptoms control: 80-100%
                 Duration: 8-10 month
                 Dose: 30-40 Gy hyperfractionated
                 Volume: Involved field

Clinical trial

                             Guren MG et al. Radiother Oncol 2014
Unconventional palliative treatment

                 High burden   ‘PITH’
                 tumor mass    Partial
                               Irradiation
                               Tumor
                               Hypoxia
Clinical Trial
‘PITH’ in Rectal Cancer: case report
70 years old, male, ECOG 0
2017
UN-RESECTABLE-PREIRRADIATED Local Relapse
(presacral space, iliac L vessels, SB, SV, prostate, mucinous)
NOT SUITABLE FOR RE-IRRADIATION
Uncontrolled PAIN

2015
Adenoca cT4bN2, low rectum
RTCT à APR à CT
Role of radiotherapy in «high burden» disease

In vitro studies
Irradiation of the HYPOXIC-HYPOVASCOLARIZED
part of the tumor TRIGGERS tumor regression

                          Radiation Induced Bystander Effect (RIBE):
                          Irradiating only a part of the tumor induces
                          rergression of the whole tumor

                          Radiation Induced Abscopal Effect (RIAE):
                          tumor regression in untreated distant sites

                                                                Tubin S et al. Acta Oncol 2017
                                                   Tubin S 27° Residential Course, Rome 2017
Role of radiotherapy in «high burden» metastatic disease

 RT 3: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF UNCOVENTIONAL
RADIOTHERAPY FOR LARGE TUMORS: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW
HERAPY TECHNIQUE FOR THE PARTIAL TUMOR IRRADIATION EXPLOITING
                  THE BYSTANDER EFFECT

                              RESULTS:

                                                      Bystander Tartget Volume (BTV)

                            GTV (bulky)
              GTV mean volume: 230.9 cm³ (range:132.5–306.8)
                 GTV mean diameter: 8.1 cm (range: 7-11)
                Average GTV SUVmax: 19.9 (range:15.2-27.8)

                                 BTV
                BTV mean volume: 70.6 cm³ (range:42.6–95.5)
                           (30% of the GTV´s)
                   Average BTV SUVmax: 2.7 (range:1-3)
                           (15% of the GTV´s)

                                                                                     Tubin S.
                                                               KABEG Klinikum Klagenfurt, AUT
                                                                     E-Mail: s.tubin@kabeg.at

      Hypometabolic-hypovascularized part of the tumor
      PETàSUV < 3
      No margin
       DOSE: 10 or 12 Gy X 1 to 70%-isodose (Dmax 14.5 and 18 Gy, respectively) to the BTV
                                                                                                             Tubin S et al. Acta Oncol 2017
                                                                                                Tubin S 27° Residential Course, Rome 2017
Role of radiotherapy in «high burden» metastatic disease

                        25 consecutive symptomatic, oligometastatic
                        patients with bulky tumors were included in
                        this prospective clinical study

    RESULTS:
•   Median follow-up was 8 months (range: 2-15).
•   Significant bystander and/or abscopal effects: in all patients
•   Mean time to the induction of the effects: 2-3 weeks
•   Overall response rates for symptom relief: 100%
•   Overall mass response: 100%
•   Average tumor shrinkage: 60% (50-80%)
•   Disease-specific survival: 96%                                Tubin S et al. Acta Oncol 2017
•   Acute or late toxicity: no patients              Tubin S 27° Residential Course, Rome 2017
PITH in Rectal Cancer: case report

  GTV            BTV                Treatment plan

 PET                MR               10Gy @ 70% isodose
              (hypovascolarized
             region of the tumor)
PITH in Rectal Cancer: case report

Uncontrolled       PAIN relief              NO PAIN
PAIN               VAS 2                    No drug intake
opioid             No acute effect          No late effects

       DIAGNOSIS         6 weeks after RT      3 month after RT
Unconventional palliative volume

                 PITH                                    BTV
                 Partial irradiation of tumor hypoxic/
                 hypovascularized area
                 single 10 Gy dose (@70% isodose)
                 may generate response unirradiated T,
                 symptoms relief, without toxicity
Clinical Trial   A new option to explore
Conclusions: locally advanced RC
                  Preop RTCT à pelvic volume

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                  BT in intermediate RCà GTV
                                                                                                                                100

                                                                                                                                 80

                                                                                                                   Volume (%)
                                                                                                                                 60

                                                                                                                                 40

                                                                                                                                 20

                                                                                                                                  0
                                                                                                                                      0                    1000                   2000
                                                                                                                                                         Dose (CGy)
                                                                                                                                CTV       Bladder    RT Femur     LT Femur    Bone marrow
                                                 Fig. 4. Dose distribution obtained by treatment planning system

                  Dose escalationà
                      GTV delineation
 Clinical Trial       strict IGRT protocols                          Daily radiograph                                                               Reference DRR

                      role for hybrid MR machines
                                                 Fig. 5. Daily longitudinal treatment adjustment

                                                                                                     Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy (2015/volume 7/number 2)
Conclusions: Local recurrence

                  Re-irradiationà involved field on LR

                  High burden diseaseà BTV

 Clinical Trial
Conclusions
                  Preop RTCT à pelvic volume

                  Re-irradiationà involved field on LR
                                                 186                                                                                                              Té Vuong, Slobodan Devic

                  BT in intermediate RCà GTV
                                                                                                                                  100

                                                                                                                                   80

                                                                                                                     Volume (%)
                                                                                                                                   60

                                                                                                                                   40

                                                                                                                                   20

                  High burden diseaseà BTV
                                                                                                                                    0
                                                                                                                                        0                    1000                   2000
                                                                                                                                                           Dose (CGy)
                                                                                                                                  CTV       Bladder    RT Femur     LT Femur    Bone marrow
                                                   Fig. 4. Dose distribution obtained by treatment planning system

                  Dose escalationà
                      GTV delineation
 Clinical Trial       strict IGRT protocols
                      role for hybrid MR machines
                                                                       Daily radiograph                                                               Reference DRR
                                                   Fig. 5. Daily longitudinal treatment adjustment
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