Factors that affect the presence of the entire liver incidentally detected by the simulation computed tomography and the detection of inferior border through anthropometric measurement in breast cancer patients

dc.contributor.authorIbis, Kamuranen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T10:07:27Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T10:07:27Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim was to evaluate the parameters that influence the incidental presence of whole liver detected by simulation computed tomography (simCT) while irradiation in breast cancer patients and to evaluate the factors predicting the presence of the liver in simCT scanning and defining the inferior border in simCT. Subjects and Methods: We analyzed simCT radiotherapy (RT) planning images of 327 patients with breast cancer. During the evaluation, whether the entire liver was included in the simCT scanning and the level of the vertebra where the inferior border of the simCT scan passed were investigated. Left (L) and right (R) lung, L and R breast, and heart volume were recorded so that they would reflect the internal volume of the thorax. From the simCT images, anteroposterior (A-P) distance at the jugular notch level, A-P and R-L lateral distances at manubriosternal joint alignment, A-P and R-L lateral distances at xiphisternal joint alignment were measured. The predictive value of these measurements and volumes on whether the liver was present in simCT were determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results: The liver was included in 72 (22%) out of 327 simCT scans. ROC analysis was applied to the whole group; bilateral lung volume (P < 0.001), bilateral lung + heart volume (P < 0.001), xiphisternal angle R-L lateral distance (P = 0.009), manubriosternal angle A-P distance (P = 0.49), R breast volume (P = 0.007), and L breast volume (P < 0.001) were associated with the visualization of liver. A total of 37 of 72 patients, whose inferior level of the simCT sections passed below L1, had entire liver visualization. The cutoff value of xiphisternal joint R-L lateral distance was found as 31.55 cm, and its sensitivity and specificity were calculated as 81%, and 60%, respectively. Conclusion: Through R-L lateral measurement taken from the midaxillary line at the level of the xiphisternal joint, we showed that liver would be present in simCT with a sensitivity of 81% at L1 level in those 31.55 cm and aboveen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkeyen_US
dc.identifier.citationIbis Kamuran. Factors that affect the presence of the entire liver incidentally detected by the simulation computed tomography and the detection of inferior border through anthropometric measurement in breast cancer patients. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 2019 Oct; 15(5): 1109-1113en_US
dc.identifier.issn0973-1482
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/213486
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber5en_US
dc.relation.volume15en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_293_18en_US
dc.subjectBreast canceren_US
dc.subjectliveren_US
dc.subjectradiation therapyen_US
dc.subjectradiation‑induced liver toxicityen_US
dc.titleFactors that affect the presence of the entire liver incidentally detected by the simulation computed tomography and the detection of inferior border through anthropometric measurement in breast cancer patientsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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