Total body irradiation (TBI) is used with chemotherapy to induce immunosuppression for hematopoietic cell transplantation and is often administered using lead blocks to minimize lung dose in adults and children. This technique is challenging in infants and young children. A 13-month-old female with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was treated with fractionated TBI to a dose of 12 Gy in eight fractions delivered twice daily. Multiple TBI techniques for delivering treatment were considered. Ultimately, treatment using helical tomotherapy was selected in order to spare and accurately quantify the dose to the lung, meet lung dose constraints, and ensure adequate TBI dose coverage. With anesthesia, this technique provided a comfortable and reproducible set-up for the young child. The treatment plan was delivered with intensity-modulated radiotherapy, where 96.4% of the target volume received a prescription dose with a total beam-on time of 16.8 minutes. The mean lung dose was 7.7 Gy for a total lung volume of 245cc. This report describes the challenges faced during the treatment planning and delivery, and how they were resolved.
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