Biological Planning for High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Application to Cervical Cancer Treatment

References

• Alterovitz R, Lessard E, Pouliot J, Hsu IC, O’Brien JF, Goldberg K (2006) Optimization of HDR brachytherapy dose distributions using linear programming with penalty costs. Medical Phys. 33(11):4012–4019.Crossref, Google Scholar
• American Cancer Society (2012) Cancer facts and figures 2012. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-031941.pdf.Google Scholar
• American Joint Committee on Cancer (2009) Cervix uteri cancer staging. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.cancerstaging.org/staging/posters/cervix8.5x11.pdf.Google Scholar
• Bailey DL, Townsend DW, Valk PE, Maisey MN (2005) Positron Emission Tomography:Basic Sciences (Springer-Verlag, Secaucus, NJ).Crossref, Google Scholar
• Beliën J, Colpaert J, De Boeck L, Demeulemeester E (2009) A hybrid simulated annealing linear programming approach for treatment planning in HDR brachytherapy with dose volume constraints. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/eng/tew/academic/prodbel/ORAHS2009/3.pdf.Google Scholar
• Ciernik IF, Dizendorf E, Baumert BG, Reiner B, Burger C, Davis JB, Lutolf UM, Steinert HC, Von Schulthess GK (2003) Radiation treatment planning with an integrated positron emission and computer tomography (PET/CT): A feasibility study. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 57(3):853–863.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Duan J, Kim RY, Elassal S, Lin HY, Shen S (2008) Conventional high-dose-rate brachytherapy with concomitant complementary IMRT boost: A novel approach for improving cervical tumor dose coverage. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 71(3):765–771.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Easton T, Hooker K, Lee EK (2003) Facets of the independent set polytope. Math. Programming Ser. B 98(1–3):177–199.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Gallagher RJ, Lee EK (1997) Mixed integer programming optimization models for brachytherapy treatment planning. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2233571/pdf/procamiaafs00001-0316.pdf.Google Scholar
• Holloway CL, Racine M, Cormack RA, O’Farrell DA, Viswanathan AN (2009) Sigmoid dose using 3D imaging in cervical-cancer brachytherapy. Radiotherapy Oncology 93(2):307–310.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Holm A, Larsson T, Carlsson TA (2012) Impact of using linear optimization models in dose planning for HDR brachytherapy. Medical Phys. 39(2):1021–1028.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, Garshell J, Neyman N, Altekruse SF, Kosary CLet al.. (2013) SEER cancer statistics review, 1975–2010. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2010/.Google Scholar
• Kang HC, Shin KH, Park SY, Kim JY (2010) 3D CT-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer: Clinical impact on late rectal bleeding and local control. Radiotherapy Oncology 97(3):507–513.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Karabis A, Belotti P, Baltas D (2009) Optimization of catheter position and dwell time in prostate HDR brachytherapy using HIPO and linear programming. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.pi-medical.gr/sites/default/files/OptimizationCatheterPositionHIPOandMILP.pdf.Google Scholar
• Kim DH, Wang-Chesebro A, Weinberg V, Pouliot J, Chen LM, Speight J, Littell R, Hsu IC (2009) High-dose rate brachytherapy using inverse planning simulated annealing for locoregionally advanced cervical cancer: A clinical report with 2-year follow-up. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 75(5):1329–1334.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Kirisits C, Pötter R, Lang S, Dimopoulos J, Wachter-Gerstner N, Georg D (2005) Dose and volume parameters for MRI-based treatment planning in intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 62(3):901–911.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lahanas M, Baltas D, Giannouli S (2003) Global convergence analysis of fast multiobjective gradient based dose optimization algorithms for high dose rate brachytherapy. Phys. Medicine Biol. 48(5):599–617.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Maheshwary S (2012) Facets of conflict hypergraph. SIAM J. Optim. Forthcoming.Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Zaider M (2001) On the determination of an effective planning volume for permanent prostate implants. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 49(4):1197–1206.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Zaider M (2003a) Intraoperative dynamic dose optimization in permanent prostate implants. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 56(3):854–861.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Zaider M (2003b) Mixed integer programming approaches to treatment planning for brachytherapy: Application to permanent prostate implants. Ann. Oper. Res. Optim. Medicine 119(1–4):147–163.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Zaider M (2006) Incorporating biological metabolite information within treatment of prostate carcinoma and analysis of dose escalation effect. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 66(3):S572–S573.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Zaider M (2008) Operations research advances cancer therapeutics. Interfaces 38(1):5–25.Link, Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Surana V, Shapoval A (2012) Conflict hypergraphs. SIAM J. Optim. Forthcoming.Google Scholar
• Lee EK, Gallagher RJ, Silvern D, Wuu CS, Zaider M (1999) Treatment planning for brachytherapy: An integer programming model, two computational approaches and experiments with permanent prostate implant planning. Phys. Medicine Biol. 44(1):145–165.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Malyapa RS, Mutic S, Low DA, Zoberi I, Bosch WR, Laforest R, Miller TR, Grigsby PW (2002) Physiologic FDG-PET three-dimensional brachytherapy treatment planning for cervical cancer. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 54(4):1140–1146.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Morton GC, Sankreacha R, Halina PA, Loblaw A (2008) A comparison of anatomy-based inverse planning with simulated annealing and graphical optimization for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy 7(1):12–16.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Nag S, Orton C, Young D (1999) The American Brachytherapy Society survey of brachytherapy practice for carcinoma of the cervix in the United States. Gynecologic Oncology 73(1):111–118.Crossref, Google Scholar
• National Cancer Institute (2013a) National Cancer Institute fact sheet: HPV and cancer. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV.Google Scholar
• National Cancer Institute (2013b) Cancer advances in focus. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/cancer-advances-in-focus/cervical.Google Scholar
• National Institutes of Health (2013) NIH research portfolio online reporting tools. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/viewfactsheet.aspx?csid=76.Google Scholar
• Rivard MJ, Coursey BM, DeWerd LA, Hanson WF, Huq MS, Ibbott GS, Mitch MG, Nath R, Williamson JF (2004) Update of AAPM task group 43 report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations. Medical Phys. 31(12):633–674.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Ruotsalainen H, Miettinen K, Palmgren J, Lahtinen T (2010) Interactive multiobjective optimization for anatomy-based three-dimensional HDR brachytherapy. Phys. Medicine Biol. 55(16):4703–4719.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Shapoval R, Lee EK (2013a) Mixed integer programming convexification of posynomial functions. Math. Oper. Res. Forthcoming.Google Scholar
• Shapoval R, Lee EK (2013b) Mixed integer programming convexification II. Extension from posynomial to signomial functions. Math. Oper. Res. Forthcoming.Google Scholar
• Tanderup K, Nielsen SK, Nyvang GB, Pedersen EM, Røhl L, Aagaard T, Fokdal L, Lindegaard JC (2010) From point A to the sculpted pear: MR image guidance significantly improves tumour dose and sparing of organs at risk in brachytherapy of cervical cancer. Radiotherapy Oncology 94(2):173–180.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Wachter-Gerstner N, Wachter S, Reinstadler E, Fellner C, Knocke TH, Pötter R (2003) The impact of sectional imaging on dose escalation in endocavitary HDR-brachytherapy of cervical cancer: Results of a prospective comparative trial. Radiotherapy Oncology 68(1):51–59.Crossref, Google Scholar
• World Health Organization (2013) Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control: A healthier future for girls and women. Accessed July 1, 2013, http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/cancers/en/.Google Scholar
• Zaider M, Lee EK (2005) Treatment planning for low dose rate and high dose rate brachytherapy. Dicker A, Merrick GS, Gomella LG, Valicenti RK, Waterman F, Gomella L, eds. Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, Chap. 12 (Taylor & Francis, London), 142–156.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Zaider M, Minerbo GN (2000) Tumour control probability: A formulation applicable to any temporal protocol of dose delivery. Phys. Medicine Biol. 45(2):279–293.Crossref, Google Scholar
• Zaider M, Zelefsky MJ, Lee EK, Zakian KL, Amols HI, Dyke J, Cohen G, Hu Y, Endi AK, Chui C, Koutcher JA (2000) Treatment planning for prostate implants using MR spectroscopy imaging. Internat. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 47(4):1085–1096.Crossref, Google Scholar