Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy (Nov 2018)

Clinical outcomes following advanced respiratory motion management (respiratory gating or dynamic tumor tracking) with stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer

  • Aridgides P,
  • Nsouli T,
  • Chaudhari R,
  • Kincaid R,
  • Rosenbaum PF,
  • Tanny S,
  • Mix M,
  • Bogart J

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 9
pp. 103 – 110

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Paul Aridgides,1 Tamara Nsouli,1 Rishabh Chaudhari,1 Russell Kincaid,1 Paula F Rosenbaum,2 Sean Tanny,1 Michael Mix,1 Jeffrey Bogart1 1Department of Radiation Oncology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; 2Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA Purpose: To report the outcomes of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) according to respiratory motion management method. Methods: Patients with stage I NSCLC who received SBRT from 2007 to 2015 were reviewed. Computed tomography (CT) simulation with four-dimensional CT was performed for respiratory motion assessment. Tumor motion >1 cm in the craniocaudal direction was selectively treated with advanced respiratory management: either respiratory gating to a pre-specified portion of the respiratory cycle or dynamic tracking of an implanted fiducial marker. Comparisons were made with internal target volume approach, which treated all phases of respiratory motion. Results: Of 297 patients treated with SBRT at our institution, 51 underwent advanced respiratory management (48 with respiratory gating and three with tumor tracking) and 246 underwent all-phase treatment. Groups were similarly balanced with regard to mean age (P=0.242), tumor size (P=0.315), and histology (P=0.715). Tumor location in the lower lung lobes, as compared to middle or upper lobes, was more common in those treated with advanced respiratory management (78.4%) compared to all-phase treatment (25.6%, P<0.0001). There were 17 local recurrences in the treated lesions. Kaplan–Meier analyses showed that there were no differences with regard to mean time to local failure (91.5 vs 98.8 months, P=0.56), mean time to any failure (73.2 vs 78.7 months, P=0.73), or median overall survival (43.3 vs 45.5 months, P=0.56) between patients who underwent advanced respiratory motion management and all-phase treatment.Conclusion: SBRT with advanced respiratory management (the majority with respiratory gating) showed similar efficacy to all-phase treatment approach for stage I NSCLC. Keywords: SBRT, respiratory gating, lung cancer, radiation therapy, medically inoperable, stage I

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