Adrenal oligometastasis cured with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

Abstract

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has emerged as an effective, noninvasive alternative to surgery in patients with oligometastatic disease. Historically, select patients with adrenal oligometastases have been treated with adrenalectomies which can offer durable local control and reasonable survival rates. SABR is a promising noninvasive treatment alternative to surgery capable of delivering ablative doses of radiation to the tumor with the goal of achieving durable local control of adrenal metastases. We report on a case of a patient who underwent initial surgical resection for a locally advanced lung adenocarcinoma and subsequently developed an early, biopsy-proven, oligometastatic recurrence in the adrenal gland. He underwent chemotherapy and SABR using CyberKnife to the adrenal metastasis and is in remission 7 years after treatment with no late toxicity. Fractionated SABR is an attractive noninvasive alternative to surgery for adrenal metastases. This case demonstrates that select patients with adrenal oligometastases, can achieve long-term remission and even cure following SABR.

Keywords

• Oligometastasis
• Adrenal metastases
• Radiosurgery
• Stereotactic body radiotherapy
• SBRT
• SABR