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Table 2 Treatment characteristics between SBRT and CF-EBRT

From: Local Control Rates of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) to Thoracic, Abdominal, and Soft Tissue Lesions Using Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)

Variable

SBRT (n = 36)

CF-EBRT (n = 17)

Location, n (%)

  

 Thorax

27 (75 %)

9 (53 %)

 Skin & Soft Tissue

3 (8.3 %)

5 (29 %)

 Abdomen

6 (16.7 %)

3 (18 %)

Median Dose Per Fraction (range, Gy)

10 (5–25)

4 (2.5–4)

Median Tumor Size (range, mm)*

21 (4–87)

23 (15–57)

Gross Tumor Volume (GTV) (range, cm3)

5.14 (0.93–184.07)

-

Planned Tumor Volume (PTV) (range, cm3)

20.01 (6.00–295.51)

-

Biological Effective Dose (BED) (range)

216.67 (66.67–460)

60.00 (46.67–100.83)

Systemic Therapy Prior to Radiation, n (%)

  

 Yes

26 (72 %)

12 (71 %)

 No

10 (28 %)

5 (29 %)

Systemic Therapy After Radiation, n (%)

  

 Yes

20 (55 %)

10 (59 %)

 No

16 (45 %)

7 (41 %)

  1. GTV gross tumor volume, PTV planned tumor volume, BED biologic effective dose
  2. *As determined from the greatest tumor dimension by pre-treatment radiographic imaging. No difference was found between the two groups via t-test comparison (p = 0.357)