Biomedical advances and future prospects of high-precision three-dimensional radiotherapy and four-dimensional radiotherapy

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  • SHIRATO Hiroki
    Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University

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<p>Biomedical advances of external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with improvements in physical accuracy are reviewed. High-precision (±1 mm) three-dimensional radiotherapy (3DRT) can utilize respective therapeutic open doors in the tumor control probability curve and in the normal tissue complication probability curve instead of the one single therapeutic window in two-dimensional EBRT. High-precision 3DRT achieved higher tumor control and probable survival rates for patients with small peripheral lung and liver cancers. Four-dimensional radiotherapy (4DRT), which can reduce uncertainties in 3DRT due to organ motion by real-time (every 0.1–1 s) tumor-tracking and immediate (0.1–1 s) irradiation, have achieved reduced adverse effects for prostate and pancreatic tumors near the digestive tract and with similar or better tumor control. Particle beam therapy improved tumor control and probable survival for patients with large liver tumors. The clinical outcomes of locally advanced or multiple tumors located near serial-type organs can theoretically be improved further by integrating the 4DRT concept with particle beams.</p>

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