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Table 7 Studies of stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC in the elderly

From: Stereotactic body radiotherapy for very elderly patients (age, greater than or equal to 85 years) with stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Author

Age (range)

n

T stage

Doses

Local control

Overall survival

Haasbeek CJ et al. [9]

≥ 75 (75–91)

193

T1 118

60 Gy/3 fr

89% at 3 years

45% at 3 years

   

T2 85

60 Gy/5 fr

  
    

60 Gy/8 fr

  

Takeda A et al. [12]

≥ 80 (80–91)

109

T1a 32

50 Gy/4 fr

82.3% at 3 years

53.7% at 3 years

   

T1b 35

40 Gy/ 5 fr

  
   

T2 42

   

Sandhu AP et al. [11]

≥ 80 (80–89)

24

T1 18

48 Gy/4 fr

100%

74% at 2 years

   

T2a 6

56 Gy/5 fr

(4.3–61.2 months)

 

This study

≥ 85 (85–93)

20

T1a 9

48 Gy/4 fr

83.1% at 3 years

71.2% at 2 years

(Hayashi S et al.)

  

T1b 7

60 Gy/10 fr

 

40.7% at 3 years

   

T2a 4