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- Title
Esophageal tolerance to high-dose stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
- Authors
Abelson, J A; Murphy, J D; Loo, B W, Jr; Chang, D T; Daly, M E; Wiegner, E A; Hancock, S; Chang, S D; Le, Q-T; Soltys, S G; Gibbs, I C
- Abstract
Dose-volume parameters are needed to guide the safe administration of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). We report on esophageal tolerance to high-dose hypofractionated radiation in patients treated with SABR. Thirty-one patients with spine or lung tumors received single- or multiple-fraction SABR to targets less than 1 cm from the esophagus. End points evaluated include D(5cc) (minimum dose in Gy to 5 cm(3) of the esophagus receiving the highest dose), D(2cc) , D(1cc) , and D(max) (maximum dose to 0.01 cm(3) ). Multiple-fraction treatments were correlated using the linear quadratic and linear quadratic-linear/universal survival models. Three esophageal toxicity events occurred, including esophagitis (grade 2), tracheoesophageal fistula (grade 4-5), and esophageal perforation (grade 4-5). Chemotherapy was a cofactor in the high-grade events. The median time to development of esophageal toxicity was 4.1 months (range 0.6-6.1 months). Two of the three events occurred below a published D(5cc) threshold, all three were below a D(2cc) threshold, and one was below a D(max) threshold. We report a dosimetric analysis of incidental dose to the esophagus from SABR. High-dose hypofractionated radiotherapy led to a number of high-grade esophageal adverse events, suggesting that conservative parameters to protect the esophagus are necessary when SABR is used, especially in the setting of chemotherapy or prior radiotherapy.
- Publication
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 7, p623
- ISSN
1442-2050
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01295.x