Personalized treatment selection leads to low rates of local salvage therapy for bone metastases Journal Article
| Authors: | Mathis, N. J.; Doyle, C. J.; Rosen, D. B.; Wijetunga, N. A.; Vaynrub, M.; Bartelstein, M.; Guttmann, D. M.; Brennan, V. S.; Yamada, Y. J.; Gillespie, E. F.; Yerramilli, D.; Yang, J. T. |
| Article Title: | Personalized treatment selection leads to low rates of local salvage therapy for bone metastases |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Local therapy for patients with nonspine bone metastases is evolving, with data supporting the use of single-fraction treatments, and more recently, showing possible benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). However, the rate of local salvage therapy (LST) after each technique has not been characterized in real-world clinic settings where patients are selected at physician discretion. We examined rates of LST in patients with nonspine bone metastases. Methods and Materials: We reviewed records of RT for nonspine bone metastases at our institution from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2018. We defined LST as the first occurrence of RT or surgery for oncologic progression to a bone metastasis after initial RT. Cumulative incidence functions for retreatment were generated. We conducted multivariate analysis to identify variables associated with LST. Results: A total of 1754 patients were analyzed, with median follow-up of 16.2 months (range, 0-36.8 months). Of all episodes of RT, 51.5% were multifraction external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), 7.0% were single-fraction EBRT, and 41.4% were SBRT. Altogether, 88 patients (5.0%) required LST, with an incidence at 6 months of 2.5%. Incidence of LST at 6 months was 2.1% for SBRT, 5.3% for single-fraction conventional regimens, and 2.4% for multifraction conventional regimens (P =.26). Patients of younger age, who had a higher Karnofsky performance status, and/or who had lesions in the pelvis had a higher risk of retreatment. Conclusions: In this large institutional cohort, the rate of LST was low, with no difference between RT techniques. The findings indicated that SBRT for patients at high risk for treatment failure may reduce the rate of retreatment overall. When treatment modality was selected based on patient characteristics, rates of LST were lower than when treatment was randomly selected. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | salvage therapy; bone metastasis; radiotherapy; local therapy; pathology; stereotactic body radiation therapy; multivariant analysis; retreatment; external beam radiation therapy; low rates; treatment selection; real-world; single fractions |
| Journal Title: | International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics |
| Volume: | 112 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0360-3016 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2022-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 99 |
| End Page: | 105 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.06.025 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 34715255 |
| PMCID: | PMC9396633 |
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| Notes: | Article -- MSK author Maksim Vaynrub's first name is listed as 'Max' on the original publication -- Export Date: 3 January 2022 -- Source: Scopus |
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