• Annals of medicine · Jan 2023

    Effect of bladder filling status on positioning errors in post-hysterectomy cervical cancer radiotherapy.

    • Bin-Bin Ge, Yu Liu, Jian-Hua Jin, Jian-Ting Wu, Hai-Tao Liu, Chen-Yun He, Yong-Liang Zhao, Gu-Fei Cao, Xiao-Gang Zhai, Kai-Yue Chu, and Jun-Hui Wang.
    • Department of Radiotherapy, Nantong Tumor Hospital, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
    • Ann. Med. 2023 Jan 1; 55 (2): 22499362249936.

    AbstractObjective: To investigate the effect of different bladder filling states on positioning errors in radiotherapy for cervical cancer and obtain the reference range of bladder filling consistency during radiotherapy.Methods: Patients who underwent postoperative radiotherapy for cervical cancer in Nantong Tumor Hospital from October 2018 to December 2019 were selected. According to the bladder filling deviation, they were divided into group A1 (deviation < 20%) and group B1 (deviation ≥ 20%). The bladder filling variations of the two groups were compared with different positioning errors. Group A2 has a positioning error of <0.4 cm, and group B2 has a positioning error of ≥0.4 cm. The reference range of bladder filling consistency during radiotherapy is obtained by analyzing the composition ratio of different positioning errors of bladder filling deviation.Results: This study included 195 patients with cervical cancer. The error of longitudinal and vertical position in group B1 was significantly higher than that in group A1 (0.50 ± 0.34 vs. 0.26 ± 0.22 cm, p < 0.001, and 0.22 ± 0.17 vs. 0.16 ± 0.12 cm, p < 0.001). Compared with group B2, the absolute deviation of bladder filling in group A2 (54.1% ± 54.4% vs. 25.6% ± 22.7%, p < 0.001) was slight. The chi-square test showed significant differences in the proportion of the positioning state of different bladder filling forms (χ2 = 31.006, p < 0.001). In addition, there was a significant difference in the proportion of stability errors in patients with poor stability in different directions (χ2 = 118.551, p < 0.001).Conclusion: In patients with cervical cancer fixed in the supine position, a bladder capacity deviation <20% is easier to achieve excellent positioning with, and it can better control the positioning error of radiotherapy and ensure the positioning accuracy of dose distribution to the target area. It can also achieve good tumor treatment effects. This range can be used as a reference for bladder filling consistency in patients with cervical cancer undergoing radiotherapy.

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