Radiobiological Evaluation of the Radiation Dose as Used in High-precision Radiotherapy: Effect of Prolonged Delivery Time and Applicability of the Linear-quadratic Model

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  • SHIBAMOTO Yuta
    Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • OTSUKA Shinya
    Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • IWATA Hiromitsu
    Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • SUGIE Chikao
    Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • OGINO Hiroyuki
    Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • TOMITA Natsuo
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center

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Since the dose delivery pattern in high-precision radiotherapy is different from that in conventional radiation, radiobiological assessment of the physical dose used in stereotactic irradiation and intensity-modulated radiotherapy has become necessary. In these treatments, the daily dose is usually given intermittently over a time longer than that used in conventional radiotherapy. During prolonged radiation delivery, sublethal damage repair takes place, leading to the decreased effect of radiation. This phenomenon is almost universarily observed in vitro. In in vivo tumors, however, this decrease in effect can be counterbalanced by rapid reoxygenation, which has been demonstrated in a laboratory study. Studies on reoxygenation in human tumors are warranted to better evaluate the influence of prolonged radiation delivery. Another issue related to radiosurgery and hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is the mathematical model for dose evaluation and conversion. Many clinicians use the linear-quadratic (LQ) model and biologically effective dose (BED) to estimate the effects of various radiation schedules, but it has been suggested that the LQ model is not applicable to high doses per fraction. Recent experimental studies verified the inadequacy of the LQ model in converting hypofractionated doses into single doses. The LQ model overestimates the effect of high fractional doses of radiation. BED is particularly incorrect when it is used for tumor responses in vivo, since it does not take reoxygenation into account. For normal tissue responses, improved models have been proposed, but, for in vivo tumor responses, the currently available models are not satisfactory, and better ones should be proposed in future studies.

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