Treatment options in oligometastatic disease: Stereotactic body radiation therapy - Focus on colorectal cancer Journal Article


Authors: Wild, A. T.; Yamada, Y.
Article Title: Treatment options in oligometastatic disease: Stereotactic body radiation therapy - Focus on colorectal cancer
Abstract: Background: Improvements in systemic therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) have markedly extended survival, rendering local control of metastases to critical organs of increasing importance, especially in the oligometastatic setting where the disease may not yet have acquired the ability to widely disseminate. While surgical resection remains the gold standard for oligometastases in many organs, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) presents a non-invasive alternative for achieving local control. Methods: A literature review was performed to identify and summarize the findings of key prospective and retrospective studies that have shaped the field of SBRT for oligometastases to the lung, liver, and spine with a focus on oligometastases from CRC in particular. Results: Modern dose-escalated SBRT regimens can achieve 1-year local control rates of 77-100%, 90-100%, and 81-95% for oligometastases involving the lung, liver, and spine, respectively. Rates of grade 3 or greater toxicity with contemporary SBRT techniques are consistently low at < 10% in the lung, < 5% in the liver, and < 2%/8% for neurologic/non-neurologic toxicity in the spine, respectively. Conclusion: SBRT appears safe and effective for treating oligometastases involving the lung, liver, and spine. Randomized trials comparing SBRT to surgical resection and other local therapeutic modalities for the treatment of CRC oligometastases bear consideration. (C) 2017 S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg
Keywords: colorectal cancer; radiotherapy; surgical resection; metastases; radiofrequency ablation; phase i/ii trial; long-term survival; clinical-outcomes; liver metastases; gastrointestinal; hepatic; spinal-cord compression; pulmonary metastases; oligometastasis; cancer; stereotactic body radiation therapy, sbrt; stereotactic ablative body; primary lung-cancer
Journal Title: Visceral Medicine
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
ISSN: 2297-4725
Publisher: Karger  
Date Published: 2017-02-01
Start Page: 54
End Page: 61
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000397063600009
DOI: 10.1159/000454685
PROVIDER: wos
PMCID: PMC5465794
PUBMED: 28612018
Notes: Review -- Source: Wos
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  2. Aaron Tyler Wild
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