IMRT Course 2016

IMRT in Ewing’s Sarcoma

IMRT shown to be superior to 3D-CRT in two small planning studies (5 patients) IMRT used in 43% of cases of a series of 33 spinal and pelvic tumours 1 Retrospective review at UCH of 24 cases of Ewing’s sarcoma of pelvis/spine treated with 3D-CRT showed that the optimal radiotherapy dose could only be safely achieved in 70% (unpublished data) Increasing use of PBRT means that further data on IMRT unlikely

1 La TH et al. Radiation therapy for Ewing’s sarcoma: Results from Memorial Sloan Kettering in the modern era. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys, 2006:64:544-550.

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