Higher biologically effective dose is associated with improved survival in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2021

Publication Title

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have suggested that patients with early-stage SCC of the lung treated with SBRT are more susceptible to local failure compared to other NSCLC histologies. It is unknown if higher BED leads to improved outcomes in this patient population. We evaluated the effect of "high" BED versus "low" BED SBRT on overall survival (OS) in SCC and non-SCC NSCLC patients.

METHODS: The National Cancer Database was used to identify patients with cT1-2N0M0 NSCLC diagnosed between 2006-2016 treated with 3-5 fraction SBRT. Patients were grouped by BED

RESULTS: We identified 4,717 eligible SCC patients and 8,807 eligible non-SCC NSCLC patients. In SCC patients, BED

CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis suggests that in patients with early-stage NSCLC, SBRT regimens with BED > 150 Gy may confer a survival benefit in patients with SCC histology. Histology-based dose modification should be considered, and prospective validation may be warranted.

Volume

160

First Page

25

Last Page

31

DOI

10.1016/j.radonc.2021.04.010

ISSN

1879-0887

PubMed ID

33892021

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