STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY FOR PRIMARY LUNG CANCER AT A DOSE OF 50 GY TOTAL IN FIVE FRACTIONS TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE PLANNING TARGET VOLUME CALCULATED USING A SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHM
STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY FOR PRIMARY LUNG CANCER AT A DOSE OF 50 GY TOTAL IN FIVE FRACTIONS TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE PLANNING TARGET VOLUME CALCULATED USING A SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHM
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.043
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发表时间:
2009-02-01
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7
通讯作者:
Kubo, Atsushi
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作者:
Takeda, Atsuya;Sanuki, Naoko;Kubo, Atsushi
Purpose: To retrospectively analyze the clinical outcomes of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for patients with Stages 1A and 1B non-small-cell lung cancer.Methods and Materials: We reviewed the records of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with curative intent between Dec 2001 and May 2007. All patients had histopathologically or cytologically confirmed disease, increased levels of tumor markers, and/or positive findings on fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. Staging studies identified their disease as Stage 1A or 1B. Performance status was 2 or less according to World Health Organization guidelines in all cases. The prescribed dose of 50 Gy total in five fractions, calculated by using a superposition algorithm, was defined for the periphery of the planning target volume.Results: One hundred twenty-one patients underwent SBRT during the study period, and 63 were eligible for this analysis. Thirty-eight patients had Stage 1A (TIN0M0) and 25 had Stage 1B (T2N0M0). Forty-nine patients were not appropriate candidates for surgery because of chronic pulmonary disease. Median follow-up of these 49 patients was 31 months (range, 10-72 months). The 3-year local control, disease-free, and overall survival rates in patients with Stages 1A and 1B were 93% and 96% (p = 0.86), 76% and 77% (P = 0.83), and 90% and 63% (p = 0.09), respectively. No acute toxicity was observed. Grade 2 or higher radiation pneumonitis was experienced by 3 patients, and I of them had fatal bacterial pneumonia.Conclusions: The SBRT at 50 Gy total in five fractions to the periphery of the planning target volume calculated by using a superposition algorithm is feasible. High local control rates were achieved for both T2 and T1 tumors. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc.