Review Article

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Metachronous Multisite Oligo-Recurrence: A Long-Surviving Case with Sequential Oligo-Recurrence in Four Different Organs Treated Using Locally Radical Radiotherapy and a Review of the Literature

Table 1

Studies of stereotactic body radiotherapy for pulmonary oligometastases.

Authors Study design Number of patients Number of metastases in each patient Primary organ Dose/fractionation Followup (months) Outcomes Toxicity

Okunieff et al. [20]Retrospective42 1 to 5 NA 50 Gy/5 fr
(isocenter)
4–61 (median 15) Crude LC: 94%
MS: 23.4 months
Grade 3 (pleural effusion): 1
Kavanagh et al. [36]Retrospective341 or 2 Lung 15, Colorectal: 9
Others 10
48–60 Gy/4-5 fr
(isocenter)
10–80 (median, 27) 2-year LC: 90%
2-year OS: 84.3%
Grade 3 pneumonitis: 3
Nagata et al. [37]Retrospective84 1 to 3 Lung 32, Colorectal 11,
Kidney 7, others 34
26–48 Gy/1–8 fr
(covering PTV)
14–80 (median, 17) 3-year LC: 82%
3-year OS: 16%
NA
Norihisa et al. [38]Prospective411 or 2 Lung 5, Breast 4,
Kidney 4, Others 14
26–37.5 Gy/1–3 fr 2–37 (median, 9) 2-year LC: 80%
2-year OS: 33%
No grade 3, 4
Ernst-Stecken et al. [42]Prospective611 or 2 Lung 31, Colorectal 8,
Others 22
12–30 Gy/fr
(isocenter)
2–82 (median, 14) 2-year LC: 74%
2-year OS: 65%
Grade 3 pneumonitis: 3%
Hof et al. [44]Prospective381 to 3 Colorectal 9, Sarcoma 7,
Kidney 7, others 15
48–60 Gy/3 fr
(covering PTV)
6–48 (median, 16) 2-year LC: 96%
MS: 19 months
Grade 3 pneumonitis: 4
Grade 3 chest wall: 2

Abbreviations: NA: not available; LC: local control rate; OS: overall survival rate; LPFS: locally progression-free survival rate.