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What dosimetric considerations, if any, do you have when treating a lateral dominant intraprostatic lesion adjacent to the levator ani with simultaneous integrated boost?

Do you constrain any of the pelvic floor muscles or adjust treatment volumes? Is there a concern for posttreatment pelvic floor dysfunction?
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I am not aware of any data directly evaluating the effect of elevator ani dose on GI toxicity/ QoL in patients undergoing prostate RT with intraprostatic boost. There have been prior studies on this topic in the prostate cancer population receiving homogeneous dosing, however. For example, Schaake a...

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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There are no accepted dose constraints for the levator ani. I would try to minimize high-dose spill into the levator ani. Also, keep hotspots intraprostatic with a steep dose gradient.

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I do not use any, beyond generally trying to avoid high doses beyond the target. There is a reasonable hypothesis regarding dose-response to the pelvic floor, but what we know currently is that focal boost was very well tolerated on FLAME (and several other single-arm studies). I would not trade kno...

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