Vertebral body collapse after spine stereotactic body radiation therapy: a single-center institutional experience

Abstract

Spine stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the treatment of metastatic disease is increasingly utilized owing to improved pain and local control over conventional regimens. Vertebral body collapse (VBC) is an important toxicity following spine SBRT. We investigated our institutional experience with spine SBRT as it relates to VBC and spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS).

Keywords

• spine metastasis
• stereotactic body radiation therapy
• vertebral compression fracture
• kyphoplasty
• spinal instability