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Table 2 SBRT reirradiation for lung cancer

From: Stereotactic body radiation therapy in the re-irradiation situation – a review

Clinical trial

Poltinnikov et al.

Coon et al.

Kelly et al.

No. patients/treatment

17/17

12/12

36/36

Dose 1 st RT course

≥ 50 Gy

n/s

median 61.5 Gy

 

(range, 30–79.2 Gy)

Interval (median)

n/s

n/s

22.0 months (range, 0–92 months)

Total re-irradiation dose

median 32Gy (17.5 – 42.0)

60Gy

50 Gy (72%)

40 Gy (17%)

 

Other (11%)

Single fraction dose

median 4Gy (2.5 – 4.2)

20Gy

12.5 Gy (72%)

10Gy (17%)

 

Other (11%)

Technology

SBF

Cyberknife

SBF, 4D-CT, FDG-PET

Target size

median field size 95cm2 (30–189)

median GTV 14.3cc

Tumor size (median) 1.7cm

(range, 0.6–3.8 cm)

Symptom relief

11/13

n/s

n/s

Median follow-up (range)

n/s

12 months

15 months (4–45)

Local control

5/17 responders

92% @ 1a

92%

Median Overall survival (range)

5.5 months (2.5–30)

67% @ 1a

59% @ 2a

Toxicity

G2 esophagitis n=4

No G3 toxicity

At least one G3 in 33% of patients

 

G2 pneumonits n=1

 
 

G3 peunomitis n=7

 

G3 esophagitis n=3

 

G3 Skin ulcer n=2

 

G3 Cough n=1

 

No G4/5 toxicities

  1. Abbreviations: RT = radiotherapy; n/s = not specified; SBF = stereotactic body frame; 4D-CT = 4-dimensional computed tomography; FDG-PET = fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; G = grade; @ = at time of; a = year.