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An atlas for clinical target volume definition, including elective nodal irradiation in definitive radiotherapy of biliary cancer

  • Authors:
    • Silvia Bisello
    • Matteo Renzulli
    • Milly Buwenge
    • Lucia Calculli
    • Giuseppina Sallustio
    • Gabriella Macchia
    • Francesco Deodato
    • Giancarlo Mattiucci
    • Silvia Cammelli
    • Alessandra Arcelli
    • Lucia Giaccherini
    • Francesco Cellini
    • Giovanni Brandi
    • Sara Guerri
    • Savino Cilla
    • Rita Golfieri
    • Lorenzo Fuccio
    • Alessio G. Morganti
    • Alessandra Guido
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  • Published online on: November 28, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.9774
  • Pages: 1784-1790
  • Copyright: © Bisello et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) is a treatment option for advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC), often combined with sequential and/or concurrent chemotherapy. The use of modern RT techniques requires accurate clinical target volume (CTV) definition and delineation. However, guidelines for CTV delineation in BTC are lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to propose a computer tomography (CT) atlas for CTV definition of BTC. We previously proposed guidelines to define the nodal CTV (CTV‑N) in BTC. In this study, based on a literature analysis, we defined the margins to be added to the gross tumor volume (GTV; subclinical and microscopic disease) to define the primary tumor CTV (CTV‑T). An abdominal contrast enhanced planning CT scan was performed on three different patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CC), extrahepatic CC and gallbladder cancer. The GTV and anatomical reference structures were outlined on CT images. Then, based on our guidelines, the CTV‑T and CTV‑N were delineated and merged to define the final CTV in the three patients. An atlas, showing the defined CTV, was generated from the reference CT images to illustrate the CTV for intra‑hepatic CC, extra‑hepatic CC and gallbladder cancer. This atlas can be used as an aid for CTV definition in patients with BTC treated with modern RT techniques.

Introduction

Biliary tract cancers (BTC) are rare malignancies, representing <1% of all human cancers (1). Incidence is low in Western countries with ~0.3–3.5/100.000 cases/year, while in Asia and particularly in China, Thailand, and both North and South Korea, it is higher due to an increased frequency of liver flukes (2,3). BTC arise from biliary epithelium and almost 90% of cases are adenocarcinomas. BTC are classified as: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (CCs), extrahepatic CC, and gallbladder carcinoma (GC).

Complete resection (R0) is the only potentially curative treatment option. However, due to the advanced disease at diagnosis, more than half of the patients are not surgical candidates (4).

Radiotherapy (RT) generally combined with concurrent and/or sequential chemotherapy is considered as a treatment option for locally advanced BTC by international guidelines (4,5). In fact, several studies on these tumors demonstrated the efficacy of chemoradiation, sometimes followed by a brachytherapy (BT) boost for symptoms palliation, local control (LC) and overall survival (OS) improvement (69).

However, although RT is considered a treatment option for locally advanced BTC, there is no consensus on clinical target volume (CTV) definition. Recently, Marinelli et al (10) published a review on the incidence of metastases in the different regional nodal stations of patients with BTC. Based on that analysis, we proposed guidelines for the definition of the nodal CTV (CTV-N) in intrahepatic CC, extrahepatic CC, and GC (10).

The aim of the presest study was to provide supplementary literature data concerning the microscopic spread of the primary lesion and to suggest a proper CTV definition of the primary tumor (CTV-T). Furthermore, our objective was to define a general CTV by merging these evidence-based CTV-T and CTV-N. Finally, we aimed to present an atlas for locally advanced BTC delineation.

Materials and methods

Nodal clinical target volume (CTV-N)

The definition of the CTV-N was described in our previous analysis (10) and is only briefly summarized in the present study in Tables IIII.

Table I.

CTV for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Table I.

CTV for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Delineation typeJSHBPS classificationRecommended margins
Tumor delineation
  Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaGTV + 10 mm radially
Lymph node group, nodes delineation
  Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes1210 mm margin around the segment of portal vein from the confluence between the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
  Common hepatic artery lymph nodes810 mm margin around the common hepatic artery
  Para-aortic lymph nodes1610 mm margin around the abdominal aorta, from the diaphragmatic aortic hiatus to the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery
  Posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes1310 mm around the posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery
  Left gastric artery lymph nodes710 mm around the trunk of the left gastric artery
  Lesser gastric curvature lymph nodes3The area around the lesser curvature of the stomach
  Right paracardial lymph nodes1The narrowed anatomic space identified between gastric cardia and the liver, extending posteriorly to the aorta and inferiorly to the lesser curvature LNs
  Left paracardial lymph nodes2The anatomic space defined medially by the gastric fundus, anteromedially by the visceral peritoneum, posteriorly by the spleen, superiorly by the hemi diaphragm, and inferiorly by the great curvature LNs

[i] Lymph node nomenclature is based on the 3rd English Edition of Classification of biliary tract cancers established by the JSHBPS. The anatomical structures of interest and the abdominal vessels of reference were identified for each lymph node region. JSHBPS, Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; CTV, clinical target volume; GTV, gross tumor volume.

Table III.

CTV for gallbladder carcinoma.

Table III.

CTV for gallbladder carcinoma.

Delineation typeJSHBPS classificationRecommended margins
Tumor delineation
  Gallbladder carcinomaGTV + 25 mm radially in hepatic direction + gallbladder residual volume
Lymph node group, nodes delineation
  Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes1210 mm margin around the segment of portal vein from the confluence between the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
  Common hepatic artery lymph nodes810 mm margin around the common hepatic artery
  Para-aortic lymph nodes1610 mm margin around the abdominal aorta, from the diaphragmatic aortic hiatus to the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery
  Posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes1310 mm around the posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery
  Anterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes1710 mm margin around the anterior pancreaticoduodenal artery
  Peri-choledochal nodes12b210 mm margin around the choledochal duct
  Cystic duct lymph nodes12c10 mm around the cystic duct

[i] Lymph node nomenclature is based on the 3rd English Edition of Classification of biliary tract cancers established by the JSHBPS. The anatomical structures of interest and the abdominal vessels of reference were identified for each lymph node region. JSHBPS, Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; CTV, clinical target volume; GTV, gross tumor volume.

All lymph nodes nomenclature was based on the 3rd English Edition of the Classification of BTC established by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (11). We included in the hepatoduodenal lymph nodes (LN), also those around both portal vein and hepatic artery (groups 12a1, 12a2, 12p1 and 12p2), for anatomic contiguity of the structures in the hepatic hilum. Furthermore, we assumed the posterior pancreaticoduodenal LN (group 13) being similar to retropancreatic LN. Finally, we respected the definition of left and right paracardial LNs based on the gastric LNs contouring Atlas, from Wo et al (12).

In this CTV-N delineation, a 10 mm margin of soft tissue around vessels, ligament and ducts was suggested, based on several literature data (1215), without overlap with radiosensitive structures (duodenum, liver, small bowel, stomach). Only for para-cardials nodes and lesser gastric curvature nodes, the suggested target was defined without any further expansion to preserve the surrounding OARs.

Primary tumor CTV
Literature review

To define the CTV-T we studied the microscopic extension of different sub sites of biliary cancers based on available literature data.

Intrahepatic CC

Intrahepatic CC usually appears as a homogenous mass with irregular but well-defined margins (mass-forming type). Rarely, they present as small lesions with diffuse bile duct thickening (periductal infiltrating type) or can grow intraductally, showing only a duct ectasia with variable visible mass (intraductal type) (16). Based on the study of Bi et al (17), the microscopic extension from the macroscopic disease ranged from 0.4 to 8.0 mm. From the comparison between pathological evaluation of the surgical specimens and radiological images, they concluded that the imaging-based gross tumor volume (GTV) should be expanded by 9.8 mm to include any microscopic disease with 100% accuracy.

Extrahepatic CCs

Extrahepatic CC show different behavior based on the histological type. They can be described as papillary, nodular, and sclerosing type. Papillary types often show an intraluminal growth, whereas nodular and sclerosing types appear to spread longitudinally along the submucosal layer. Chang et al (18) reported a microscopic spread of papillary, nodular, and sclerosing types of 15.6, 10.0, and 15.6 mm in 90% of cases, respectively. For the latter two histological types, the length of microscopic tumor spread negatively correlates with macroscopic tumor size. Ebata et al (19) reported 10 mm intramural extension spread in all directions but observed that considering the superficial involvement, surgical margins of 20 mm could be assured to be negative proximally in 89.0% of cases and distally in 93.8%.

Gallbladder carcinoma (GC)

GC presents an early invasion through the subserosal layer, due to the thin wall and lack of a muscolaris mucosae (20). Depending on the type of growth, Kondo et al (21) classified GC as: i) Hepatic bed type, where the mass penetrates through the gallbladder bed; ii) hepatic hilum type, with infiltration of the hepatic hilum from the neck of the gallbladder; iii) bed and hilum type, with massive invasion; iv) lymph node type, with only lymphatic involvement; v) cystic duct type and vi) localized type. There is lack of analyses in literature on microscopic extension evaluation. Only Ogura et al (20) demonstrated an average microscopic extension in most aggressive cases of advanced stage GC of 15.2 mm (range: 2 to 25 mm).

Primary tumor CTV definition

Based on previously reported literature data, we defined the CTV-T for the three different sub sites.

Intrahepatic CC

Based on the study of Bi et al (17), for intrahepatic CC we added 10 mm radially to the GTV for CTV-T delineation (Table I).

Extrahepatic CC

Based on Chang et al (18) and Ebata et al data (19), our suggested CTV-T includes the GTV plus 25 mm proximally and 20 mm distally through the bile duct, and 15 mm radially in all other directions (Table II).

Table II.

CTV for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Table II.

CTV for extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Delineation typeJSHBPS classificationRecommended margins
Tumor delineation
  Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaGTV + 25 mm on the proximal direction of the bile duct + 20 mm on the distal direction + 15 mm radially in all directions
Lymph node group, nodes delineation
  Hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes1210 mm margin around the segment of portal vein from the confluence between the right and left hepatic ducts and the upper border of the pancreas
  Left gastric artery lymph nodes710 mm around the trunk of the left gastric artery
  Common hepatic artery lymph nodes810 mm margin around the common hepatic artery
  Para-aortic lymph nodes1610 mm margin around the abdominal aorta, from the diaphragmatic aortic hiatus to the upper border of the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery
Posterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes1310 mm around the posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Anterior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes1710 mm margin around the anterior pancreaticoduo denal artery
  Peri-choledochal nodes12b210 mm margin around the choledochal duct

[i] Lymph node nomenclature is based on the 3rd English Edition of Classification of biliary tract cancers established by the JSHBPS. The anatomical structures of interest and the abdominal vessels of reference were identified for each lymph node region. JSHBPS, Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery; CTV, clinical target volume; GTV, gross tumor volume.

GC

Based on Ogura et al (20), for optimal control of microscopic disease we suggest including in the CTV-T the GTV plus 25 mm radially in the hepatic direction and any gallbladder residual volume (Table III).

Overall CTV definition

The definition of the overall CTV was achieved by merging the CTV-N as defined in our previous analysis (10), and the CTV-T as described in the previous paragraph. The CTV-N definition was performed by including for every sub site, all lymph node stations with an incidence of 5% of metastasis (10).

Atlas design

Three patients with locally advanced unresectable intrahepatic CC, extrahepatic CC, and GC were enrolled in this study. Three different CTVs were defined according to the method described above. Patients were immobilized in a customized Alpha Cradle. GTV was delineated using contrast enhanced planning computer tomography (CT) scans. Contouring of each anatomical structure close to the tumor was performed by experienced radiologists (MR, LC, GS, SG, RG) and radiation oncologists (GM, FD, GCM, FC, AG).

Results

The CTV-N, CTV-T and overall CTV are described in Tables IIII and shown in the atlas (Figs. 13) regarding intrahepatic CC, extrahepatic CC, and GC, respectively. In the atlas, the GTV and the main anatomical structures used as land marks are indicated with different colors. Furthermore, on the same figures, the different nodal sub sites and CTVs are also delineated with different colors. The legend of used colors and corresponding structures are shown in Fig. 4.

Discussion

Locally advanced unresectable disease is the most common presentation of BTC. Some studies demonstrated that combined-modality therapy based on chemoradiation +/-BT boost could reduce pain and improve LC, biliary decompression, and OS (69). In a recent retrospective study on 37 patients with unresectable extrahepatic CC treated with chemoradiation, 1-year LC and OS rates were 90 and 59%, respectively (8).

Unfortunately, the results recorded in recent years (2227) did not show a significant improvement of patients' outcome, which remain similar to those recorded in previous decades (69). An improvement in the clinical results could derive from innovative combinations with systemic therapies and/or from a more intensive use of most advanced RT techniques (IMRT, VMAT, IGRT). These could allow the delivery of higher RT doses without worsening radio-induced toxicity. However, these increasingly precise and conformed techniques require clearer guidelines for the contouring of the target and our atlas can represent a first proposal in this direction.

Our study presents some limitations mainly due to the paucity of data cancerning BTC microscopic and nodal spread. In fact, the information found in the analyzed studies were mainly generic, without differentiation based on tumor stage and sub-sites, nodal stage, and site of positive nodes. Therefore, we were unable to give specific indications about CTV definition based on the different stages and sub-sites of the three main BTCs. It represents a limitation of our results and an area for future work in this issue.

Obviously, the guidelines illustrated in this atlas should be adapted to individual patients. Particularly, careful attention must be given to inclusion in the target of any suspected or positive node, even if outside the proposed CTV.

Further pathological studies and sentinel node analysis would be useful to better understand the microscopic and lymphatic spread of these tumors based on tumor stage and nodal involvement.

The recommendations summarized in our atlas could be supplemented in future by pattern of failure studies where patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiation are closely followed using modern imaging techniques to define the most frequent sites of disease relapse. Studies of this type could lead to a more advanced version of the atlas.

We should underline that our study has been performed according to scientific literature where an atlas for target delineation is presented using the images of a single patient or as in this case, a few exemplary patients with different tumor sites. Clearly, this modality cannot give us information on the feasibility of large-scale application of the atlas. In particular, we cannot estimate the impact of this type of target contouring on OaRs irradiation. Therefore, further prospective studies testing feasibility and efficacy of this CTV delineation modality are justified.

In the last decade, there were no significant improvements in the outcome of patients with biliary tumors treated with chemoradiation. Therefore, innovative prospective trials are needed to improve clinical outcomes. This atlas, while providing practical guidelines for CTV delineation, could represent the basis to design these new studies.

Acknowledgements

The abstract has previously been presented as an oral communication at XXVII Congresso Nazionale Associazione Italiana Radioterapia Oncologia, Rimini, Italy, November 11–13, 2017 and at the 37th Annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology, Barcelona, Spain, April 20–24, 2018 as an electronic poster.

Funding

No funding was received.

Availability of data and materials

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.

Authors' contributions

AGM and AG contributed to the conception and design of the study. SB, MB and AGM conducted the literature review. SB, AG, LF, MB and AGM wrote the manuscript. MR, LC, GS, SG and RG designed the atlas. AG, GCM, FD and GM defined the targets. SCa, AA, SCi and FD evaluated the images delineation. SCi, MB, AA, LG, LF, FC, GM and GB analyzed and interpreted the data. SCa, AA, LG, FC, GB and SCi critically revised the article for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

All patients provided written informed consent for the use of their images. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Giovanni Paolo II’ Foundation, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Campobasso, Italy.

Patient consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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