DR KANHU CHARAN PATRO
M.D,D.N.B[RT],FAROI[USA],MBA,PDCR,CEPC
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RADIOTHERAPY IN GYNAECOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY
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2nd hand doctors
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IN INDIAN SOCIETY
BA-BA MEDICINE
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Oncologist
Diagnosis
Treatment
Radiologist
Cytopathologist
Surgeon
HistopathologistMolecular
Pathologist
Geneticist
psychiatrist
Nursing
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Support staff
Audit
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DISCUSSION
•CANCER CERVIX
•CANCER ENDOMETRIUM
•CANCER VULVA
•CANCER OVARY
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Type of patient:
• Multiparous.
• Low socioeconomic class.
• Poor hygiene.
• Prostitutes.
• Low incidence in Muslims and Jews.
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Cytology Histology
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BETTER OUTCOME WITH PA NODE
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HOW TO ACCESS THE PA NODE
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The choice of treatment will depend on
• Fitness of the patients
• Age of the patients
• Stage of disease.
• Type of lesion
• Experience and the resources avalible.
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• Very bulky disease
• With paraaortic node
• Satge IV A disease[bladder and rectum inv.]
• 2cycle NACT-f/b radiation
IVB-Neoadjuvant chemotherapy or
concurrent chemoradiotherapy
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HISTOPATHOLOGY-CERVIX
• DIMENSION
• DEEP STROMAL INVASION
• PARAMETRIUM INVOLVEMENT
• CUT MARGIN
• LYMPHOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT
• LYMPHNODAL INVOLVEMENT
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Indication for post op radiation
INDICATION
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DDL CRITERIA/SEDLIS CRITERIA
D DIMENSION->2cm
D DEPTH-DEEP
L LVI
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AT LEAST TWO POSITIVE CRITERIA
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•Mediacally inoperable
•Stage II-IV disease
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Definitive radiation
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Treatment Algorithm
Surgery offers several advantage
• It allows presentation of the ovaries
(radiotherapy will destroythem).
• There is better chance of preserving sexual
function.
• (vaginal stonosis occur in up 85% of irradiates.
• Psychological feeling of removing the disease
from the body .
• More accurate staging and prognosis
• Glandular tumours (adenocarcinomas) are not
detectable by screening are associated with
skip lesions and require radical surgery.
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LYMPH NODAL SURGERY IMPORTANCE
• Lymph node involvement is a major prognostic
factor in cervical carcinoma, lymphatic spread of
cervical cancer has been one of the most studied
surgical topics in gynecologic oncology
• To date, the mainstay of detecting lymph node
metastasis is still the histologic evaluation,
• Therefore a proper resection of mostly involved
lymph nodes remains a crucial surgical step when
treating cervical cancer.
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COMPLICATIONS OF SURGERY
• Haemorrhage: primary or secondary.
• Injury to the bladder, uerters.
• Bladder dysfunction.
• Fistula.
• Lymphocele.
• Shortening of the vagina.
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Radiation toxicity
• Bladder related
• Rectum related
• Bowel related
• Acute
• Late
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DOUBLE TROUBLE
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WHEN THINGS ARE SUSPICIOUS
PET CT IS AUSPICIOUS
WHEN THINGS ARE UNCLEAR
THINK OF NUCLEAR
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Pet CT planning
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HISTOPATHOLOGY-ENDOMETRIUM
• DIMENSION
• GRADING
• MYOMETRIAL INVASION
• PARAMETRIUM INVOLVEMENT
• CUT MARGIN
• CERVIX INVOLVEMENT
• OAVRY AND TUBE INVOLVEMENT
• LYMPHOVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT
• LYMPHNODAL INVOLVEMENT
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EVOLUTION OF RADIOTHERAPY
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Radiation –Part of life
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Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
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Types of radiotherapy
TELETHERAPY
BRACHYTHERAPY
GOALS
 High dose to tumor tissue-Tumor control
 Normal tissue sparing
 Minimize long and short term toxicities
 Better Quality of life
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Evolution of Treatment Techniques
CONVENTIONAL RT
Collimator shapes Beam
Rectangular Treatment Field
Shaped Treatment Field
1970s and earlier
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IMMOBILIZATION
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PLANNING-
Dr Santam Chakraborty Department of Radiotherapy, PGIMER Chandigarh
OurMethod
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Thermoplastics
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Immobilization: Other methods
Elekta Body Frame
Body Fix system
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Conventional Radiotherapy
4 Field Box
• Uniform dose to simple shapes
• Circa 1930-1960
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Radiation proctitis
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Radiation cystitis
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Intestinal obstruction
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Avascular necrosis
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ORGANS EFFECTED BY RADIATION
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CT simulator
 70 – 85 cm bore
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Scanning Field of View (SFOV) 48 cm –
60 cm – Allows wider separation to be
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Multi slice capacity:
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Speed up acquistion times
Reduce motion and breathing artifacts
Allow thinner slices to be taken – better
DRR and CT resolution
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Allows gating capabilities
Flat couch top – simulate treatment table
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IMRT
• Divides each treatment field into
multiple segments
• Modulates beam intensity,
giving discrete dose to each
segment
• Uses multiple, shaped beams
(~9) and thousands of segments
IMRT Initiated in 1995
Reached the clinic in 2000
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Dr Santam Chakraborty Department o
Bone Marrow Sparing
 Dosimetric comparision of bone marrow sparing IMRT (Lujan
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• Found that between a dose level of 18 –
20 Gy a significant reduction in volume of
bone marrow irradiated was obtained
with IMRT.
• Brixey and Colleagues specifically compared hematological toxicity of WP-
IMRT vs WPRT in the setting of concurrent CCT
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Target Motion in
Radiotherapy
Caveman et al
Oops! The target
moves!
IGRT
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Treatment Set-up verification
Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID)
iView GT- Electa
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Ref image
First EPID
2 nd EPID
OK
Set-up verification
Using EPID
DAY-12
1. Treatment procedure begins
2. EPID
3. Online correction if needed
4. 1st treatment
5. Then treatment continues till completion
6. EPID checking weekly
ONLINE
CORRECTION
LAT DRR
LAT EPID
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Conclusions
1. Both 3D CRT and IMRT are proven.
2. However unless dose escalation is done no
significant improvement in the control rates
should be expected.
3. Chronic and acute toxicity amelioration are the
more relevant endpoints.
4. Biologically optimized radiotherapy is an
exciting new development
5. Real impact can only be realised with meticulous
care in planning and execution.
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NCCN ENDORSES IMRT/IGRT
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DOSE
• 85Gy
• 50Gy EXTERNAL+ BRACHY 35Gy
• OVER 6O DAYS
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BRACHYTHERAPY
HDR Cervix Applicators
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Internal radiation devices
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HDR ICA APPLICATORS
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Uterine Sound
Foley’s Bulb
Bladder
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Transabdominal Ultrasonography
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ICA HDR application
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US Guided Brachytherapy
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MUPIT IMPLANT IN CA CERVIX
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Stage IV: Metastatic Cervix Cancer
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METASTASIS
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METASTASIS- give a smiling death
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Palliative radiation
Skeletal X-Ray
Bone scan
MRI
PET-CT
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Spinal metastasis
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Brain metastasis
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Whole brain radiotherapy
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Choroidal metastasis
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Superscan-extensive bone mets
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Hemibody radiation
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Prophylactic radiation
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svco
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• I. clinical Examination
– 3monthly for first 2year
– 6monthly for after 2year
– Annually there after
• II. No other investigations in asymptomatic
patients for early detection of metastasis, since it
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– Not cost-effective
– Does not prolong survival.
– Detection and disclosure of spread of disease may be
psychologically harmful to an asymptomatic
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Follow-up
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With in 3 month follow up
1. No pap smear/bx
2. Confusion about radiation changes
3. Unnecessary investigation
4. Anxiety
5. Unnecessary treatment
Vaginal dilator
• On completion of
treatment all
patients are given a
vaginal dilator to use
until vaginal mucosa
healed, this prevents
vaginal stenosis.
• Premenopausal
patients commenced
on HRT:
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Just “Doing It” is not good enough !
You must know “what” to do and “where” to do it !
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RADIOTHERAPY FOR ENDOMETRIUM AND CERVICAL CANCERS