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Table 4 Recurrence outcomes

From: Functional brain imaging interventions for radiation therapy planning in patients with glioblastoma: a systematic review

Study name

Citations

Functional imaging agent

Intervention aim

Treatment

Improve standard RTtarget delineation

Facilitate doseescalation

Facilitate organ at risk sparing

Map recurrence & RT treated volumes

Map functional volumes& RT planning volumes

Map treated functionalvolumes & survival

Map radiomic features& RT volumes

Standard treatment

Standard targetvolumes changed

Dose escalation

Niyazi

[32, 33]

F18-FET PET

   

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Piroth

[34,35,36,37]

F18-FET PET

 

\(\checkmark\)

 

\(\checkmark\)

 

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

Lundemann

[42,43,44]

F18-FET PET

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

 

\(\checkmark\)

 

\(\checkmark\)

 

Harat

[47]

F18-FET PET

   

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

  

Hayes

[48]

F18-FET PET

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

   

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Fleischmann

[49]

F18-FET PET

   

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

  

Vigil

[52, 53]

C11-MET PET

 

\(\checkmark\)

 

\(\checkmark\)

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\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

Hirata

[54, 55]

C11 MET & F18-FDG PET

   

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Christensen

[56, 57]

C11-AMT PET

   

\(\checkmark\)

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Kosztyla

[58]

F18-FDOPA PET

   

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Wahl

[65]

DW & DCE MRI

   

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

 

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Berberat

[69]

DTI MRI

   

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Peeken

[73]

DTI MRI

   

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Morin

[74]

DW MRI

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

\(\checkmark\)

  

\(\checkmark\)

  

Anwar

[75]

DWI & PWI MRI, & MRSI

   

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Study name

Max dose

  

Dose fractionation (Gy/fractions)

Recurrence pattern

     

Recurrence comments

BED\(_{2}\) (Gy)

BED\(_{10}\) (Gy)

EQD\(_2\) (Gy)

 

Central-S %

Central-S+F %

Marginal-S %

Marginal-S+F %

Distal-S %

Distal-S+F %

 

Niyazi

120

72

60

60/30

50

50

25

33.3

25

16.7

 

Piroth

158.4

89.3

74.4

72/30

 

78

 

16.6

 

5.3

 

Lundemann

120

72

60

60/30

 

82

 

12

 

6

 

Harat

120

72

60

60/30

 

69

 

8

 

23

Recurrences were significantly more frequent in the areas with marginal therapeutic dose (57-59.9 Gy)

Hayes

120

72

60

60/30

      

High agreeance between T2 FLAIR and FET activity and recurrence location

Fleischmann

120

72

60

60/30

83.3

88.9

11.1

5.6

5.6

5.6

 

Vigil

Not reported but escalated

      

MRI recurrence volume matched the highest uptake area of GTV MET in 30/40 patients

Hirata

120

72

60

60/30

      

Decoupling score volume was predictive of recurrence

Christensen

120

72

60

60/30

58

72

14

14

28

14

 

Kosztyla

120

72

60

60/30

72

86

14

0

14

14

 

Wahl

120

72

60

60/30

      

Functional and anatomical combined volume was twice as likely to include recurrence than either independent volume alone

Berberat

120

72

60

60/30

0-50

0-50

0-50

0-50

50

50

 

Peeken

120

72

60

60/30

 

100

     

Morin

120

72

60

60/30

80

100

0-20

0

0-20

0

 

Anwar

120

72

60

60/30

0-77

 

0-77

 

23

 

25% of recurrence voxels resided outside the traditional 2 cm treatment boundary. 75% of voxels within the 2 cm treatment margin did not progress

  1. BED\(_2\) Biological effective dose (alpha/beta = 2), BED\(_{10}\) Biological effective dose (alpha/beta = 10), EQD\(_2\) Equivalent dose in 2 Gy (alpha/beta = 10), S Standard imaging, S + F = Standard and functional imaging combined