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Table 2 Most frequent radiation prescriptions for patients receiving SRT with available dose/fractionation data (n = 1739)

From: Overall survival according to immunotherapy and radiation treatment for metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: a National Cancer Database analysis

BED ≤60 Gy

(n = 1139)

BED > 60 Gy

(n = 600)

Dose/fractionation

BED

No. (%)

Dose/fractionation

BED

No. (%)

20 Gy in 1 fraction

60.0

257 (22.5)

24 Gy in 1 fraction

81.6

140 (23.3)

18 Gy in 1 fraction

50.4

203 (17.8)

21 Gy in 1 fraction

65.1

93 (15.5)

24 Gy in 3 fractions

43.2

89 (7.8)

22 Gy in 1 fraction

70.4

64 (10.7)

30 Gy in 5 fractions

48.0

77 (6.8)

50 Gy in 5 fractions

100.0

36 (6.0)

  1. Abbreviations: SRT stereotactic radiotherapy, BED biologically equivalent dose, Gy Gray