Whole Lung Irradiation in Adults with Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma: Practice Patterns and Implications for Treatment

Table 1

Surveyed expert oncologists’ recommendations for whole lung irradiation for Ewing Sarcoma patients with pulmonary metastases in complete response following chemotherapy.

Whole lung irradiation; recommendation		Adult		20-year-old		45-year-old	P	60-year-old
All oncologists surveyed	38	63%		63%		62%		50%
Oncologist discipline
Medical oncologist	26	58%	NS	58%	NS	60%	NS	46%	NS
Radiation oncologist	12	73%		75%		67%		58%
AYA/pediatric oncologist	14	92%	0.01	93%	0.005	92%	0.01	75%	0.08
Adult oncologist	24	48%		46%		46%		38%
Oncologist country
Europe/Australia	15	57%	NS	60%	NS	53%	NS	40%	NS
United States	23	67%		65%		68%		57%

Adult age not specified.
= 2-tail Fisher Exact Test value; NS = not significant; AYA = adolescent and young adult.