Multi-institutional experience of stereotactic body radiotherapy for large (≥5 centimeters) non-small cell lung tumors.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-15-2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is the standard of care for patients with nonoperative, early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) measuring < 5 cm, but its use among patients with tumors measuring ≥5 cm is considerably less defined, with the existing literature limited to small, single-institution reports. The current multi-institutional study reported outcomes evaluating the largest such population reported to date.
METHODS: Clinical/treatment characteristics, outcomes, toxicities, and patterns of failure were assessed in patients with primary NSCLC measuring ≥5 cm without evidence of distant/lymph node metastasis who underwent SBRT using ≤5 fractions. Statistics included Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and univariate/multivariate Cox proportional hazards models.
RESULTS: A total of 92 patients treated from 2004 through 2016 were analyzed from 12 institutions. The median follow-up was 12 months (15 months in survivors). The median age and tumor size among the patients were 73 years (range, 50-95 years) and 5.4 cm (range, 5.0-7.5 cm), respectively. The median dose/fractionation was 50 Gray/5 fractions. The actuarial local control rates at 1 year and 2 years were 95.7% and 73.2%, respectively. The disease-free survival rate was 72.1% and 53.5%, respectively, at 1 year and 2 years. The 1-year and 2-year disease-specific survival rates were 95.5% and 78.6%, respectively. The median, 1-year, and 2-year overall survival rates were 21.4 months, 76.2%, and 46.4%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, lung cancer history and pre-SBRT positron emission tomography maximum standardized uptake value were found to be associated with overall survival. Posttreatment failures were most commonly distant (33% of all disease recurrences), followed by local (26%) and those occurring elsewhere in the lung (23%). Three patients had isolated local failures. Grade 3 to 4 toxicities included 1 case (1%) and 4 cases (4%) of grade 3 dermatitis and radiation pneumonitis, respectively (toxicities were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [version 4.0]). Grades 2 to 5 radiation pneumonitis occurred in 11% of patients. One patient with a tumor measuring 7.5 cm and a smoking history of 150 pack-years died of radiation pneumonitis.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of the current study, which is the largest study of patients with NSCLC measuring ≥5 cm reported to date, indicate that SBRT is a safe and efficacious option. Cancer 2017;123:688-696. © 2016 American Cancer Society.
Volume
123
Issue
4
First Page
688
Last Page
696
ISSN
1097-0142
Published In/Presented At
Verma, V., Shostrom, V. K., Kumar, S. S., Zhen, W., Hallemeier, C. L., Braunstein, S. E., Holland, J., Harkenrider, M. M., S Iskhanian, A., Neboori, H. J., Jabbour, S. K., Attia, A., Lee, P., Alite, F., Walker, J. M., Stahl, J. M., Wang, K., Bingham, B. S., Hadzitheodorou, C., Decker, R. H., … Simone, C. B., 2nd (2017). Multi-institutional experience of stereotactic body radiotherapy for large (≥5 centimeters) non-small cell lung tumors. Cancer, 123(4), 688–696. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30375
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Oncology
PubMedID
27741355
Department(s)
Department of Radiation Oncology
Document Type
Article