Stephen L Lewis, Sandro Porceddu, Naoki Nakamura, David A Palma, Simon S Lo, Peter Hoskin, Drew Moghanaki, Steven J Chmura, Joseph K Salama
PURPOSE: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is often used to treat patients with oligometastases (OM). Yet, patterns of SBRT practice for OM are unknown. Therefore, we surveyed radiation oncologists internationally, to understand how and when SBRT is used for OM. METHODS: A 25-question survey was distributed to radiation oncologists. Respondents using SBRT for OM were asked how long they have been treating OM, number of patients treated, organs treated, primary reason for use, doses used, and future intentions...
August 2017: American Journal of Clinical Oncology