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Radiation, Volume 2, Issue 3 (September 2022) – 4 articles

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Investigation into the Optimal Strategy of Radium-223 Therapy for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
by Yasuo Oguma, Makoto Hosono, Kaoru Okajima, Eri Inoue, Kiyoshi Nakamatsu, Hiroshi Doi, Tomohiro Matsuura, Masahiro Inada, Takuya Uehara, Yutaro Wada, Aritoshi Ri, Yutaka Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Hirotsugu Uemura and Yasumasa Nishimura
Radiation 2022, 2(3), 273-284; https://doi.org/10.3390/radiation2030021 - 1 Sep 2022
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The optimal sequence and combination of radium-223 therapy (Ra-223) for castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastasis (mCRPC) remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the prognostic factors after Ra-223 administration and to determine the optimal treatment strategy. We enrolled 64 patients with mCRPC [...] Read more.
The optimal sequence and combination of radium-223 therapy (Ra-223) for castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastasis (mCRPC) remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the prognostic factors after Ra-223 administration and to determine the optimal treatment strategy. We enrolled 64 patients with mCRPC who underwent Ra-223 therapy from June 2016 to July 2022 at a single institution in Japan. Overall survival (OS) and pain progression-free survival (p-PFS), which was proposed as a measure of quality of life (QOL), were analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models and log-rank tests, and between-factor analysis was performed with the Mann–Whitney U (MWU) test. Univariable and multivariable analyses revealed prognostic factors; specifically, early treatment (≤third line), completion of six treatment cycles, low bone scan index (BSI) (<0.61), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (<140 U/L), prostate-specific antigen (PSA; <22.9 ng/mL), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; <240 U/L), high hemoglobin (Hb) (≥11.4 g/dL), and prior denosumab use significantly prolonged OS. Low BSI, low ALP, and early Ra-223 treatment also prolonged p-PFS in the log-rank tests. The MWU test showed that high BSI (≥0.61) was associated with high PSA and high ALP and a tendency for Hb to decrease. Late Ra-223 treatment (≥fourth line) was significantly associated with low Hb and high PSA. Early Ra-223 treatment was significantly associated with improved OS, and administering Ra-223 before novel hormonal or anticancer agents may be meaningful. Full article
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Commentary
COVID-19 Update: The Golden Time Window for Pharmacological Treatments and Low Dose Radiation Therapy
by Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi, B. F. Bahaaddini Baigy Zarandi, Abdollah Jafarzadeh, S. Alireza Mortazavi and Lembit Sihver
Radiation 2022, 2(3), 268-272; https://doi.org/10.3390/radiation2030020 - 20 Jul 2022
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At the beginning of the COVID-19 emergence, many scientists believed that, thanks to the proofreading enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, the virus would not have many mutations. Our team introduced the concept of radiation at extremely low doses in an attempt to establish selected pressure-free [...] Read more.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 emergence, many scientists believed that, thanks to the proofreading enzyme of SARS-CoV-2, the virus would not have many mutations. Our team introduced the concept of radiation at extremely low doses in an attempt to establish selected pressure-free treatment approaches for COVID-19. The capacity of low-dose radiation to modulate excessive inflammatory responses, optimize the immune system, prevent the occurrence of dangerous cytokine storm, regulate lymphocyte counts, and control bacterial co-infections as well as different modalities were proposed as a treatment program for patients with severe COVID-19-associated pneumonia. There is now substantial evidence which indicates that it would be unwise not to further investigate low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) as an effective remedy against COVID-19-associated pneumonia. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers of Radiation 2022)
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Brief Report
MR-LINAC-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Gastric MALT: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review
by Yajun Song, Zhenjiang Li, Huadong Wang, Yun Zhang and Jinbo Yue
Radiation 2022, 2(3), 259-267; https://doi.org/10.3390/radiation2030019 - 13 Jul 2022
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It is still very challenging to use conventional radiation therapy techniques to treat stomach tumors, although image-guided radiotherapy, mainly by kV X-ray imaging techniques, has become routine in the clinic. This is because the stomach is one of the most deformable organs, and [...] Read more.
It is still very challenging to use conventional radiation therapy techniques to treat stomach tumors, although image-guided radiotherapy, mainly by kV X-ray imaging techniques, has become routine in the clinic. This is because the stomach is one of the most deformable organs, and thus it is vulnerable to respiratory motions, daily diet, and body position changes. In addition, X-ray radiographs and CT volumetric images have low contrast in soft tissues. In contrast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques provide good contrast in images of soft tissues. The emerging MR-guided radiotherapy, based on the MR-LINAC system, may have the potential to solve the above difficulties due to its unique advantages. The real-time imaging feature and the high-contrast of soft tissues MR images provided by the MR-LINAC system have facilitated the therapeutic adaptive planning. Online learning capabilities could be used to optimize the automatic delineation of the target organ or tissue prior to each radiotherapy session. This could greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of the target delineation in adaptive planning. In this clinical case report, we elaborated a workflow for the diagnosis and treatment of two patients with gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. One patient underwent MR-guided daily adaptive radiotherapy based on daily automated segmentation using the novel artificial intelligence (AI) technique for gastric delineation. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Approaches for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy)
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Validation of a Saliency Map for Assessing Image Quality in Nuclear Medicine: Experimental Study Outcomes
by Shota Hosokawa, Yasuyuki Takahashi, Kazumasa Inoue, Chimo Nagasawa, Yuya Watanabe, Hiroki Yamamoto and Masahiro Fukushi
Radiation 2022, 2(3), 248-258; https://doi.org/10.3390/radiation2030018 - 1 Jul 2022
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Recently, the use of saliency maps to evaluate the image quality of nuclear medicine images has been reported. However, that study only compared qualitative visual evaluations and did not perform a quantitative assessment. The study’s aim was to demonstrate the possibility of using [...] Read more.
Recently, the use of saliency maps to evaluate the image quality of nuclear medicine images has been reported. However, that study only compared qualitative visual evaluations and did not perform a quantitative assessment. The study’s aim was to demonstrate the possibility of using saliency maps (calculated from intensity and flicker) to assess nuclear medicine image quality by comparison with the evaluator’s gaze data obtained from an eye-tracking device. We created 972 positron emission tomography images by changing the position of the hot sphere, imaging time, and number of iterations in the iterative reconstructions. Pearson’s correlation coefficient between the saliency map calculated from each image and the evaluator’s gaze data during image presentation was calculated. A strong correlation (r ≥ 0.94) was observed between the saliency map (intensity) and the evaluator’s gaze data. This trend was also observed in images obtained from a clinical device. For short acquisition times, the gaze to the hot sphere position was higher for images with fewer iterations during the iterative reconstruction. However, no differences in iterations were found when the acquisition time increased. Saliency by flicker could be applied to clinical images without preprocessing, although compared with the gaze image, it increased slowly. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation in the Human Life—Environment and Medical Use)
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