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ArticleThoracic cancer2021

Validating impact of pretreatment tumor growth rate on outcome of early-stage lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy.

Soha Atallah, Lisa W Le, Andrea Bezjak, Robert MacRae, Andrew J Hope, Jason Pantarotto

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Deep learning driven predictive treatment planning for adaptive radiotherapy of lung cancer.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Soha AtallahRadiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6802-6790
Lisa W LeDepartment of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Andrea BezjakRadiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert MacRaeRadiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew J HopeRadiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6793-2863
Jason PantarottoRadiation Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
University of Ottawa · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo assess correlation of pretreatment specific growth rate (SGR) value of 0.43 × 10

methodsA retrospective chart review of 160 patients with pathologically confirmed stage I NSCLC treated with SBRT between June 2010 and December 2012 in a large, tertiary cancer institute was undertaken. Both diagnostic and archived planning CT were uploaded to the treatment planning system to determine tumor volume at diagnosis (GTV1) and planning time (GTV2). The time (t) between both CTs was recorded. SGR was calculated using GTV1, GTV2, and t. The median SGR (0.43 × 10

resultsThe median time interval between diagnostic and planning CT scans was 87 days. The median OS was 38 and 66 months for high and low SGR cohorts, respectively (P = 0.03). The median FFS was 27 and 55 months for high and low SGR cohorts, respectively (P = 0.005). High SGR (P < 0.05), male gender (P = <0.01), and GTV2 (P = <0.05) were associated with poorer FFS.

conclusionsHigh SGR was associated with poorer outcome in patients with early-stage NSCLC treated with SBRT. SGR can be used in conjunction with other well-known predictive factors to formulate a practical predictive model to identify subgroups of the patient at higher risk of recurrence after SBRT.

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AgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRadiosurgeryRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeGrowth ratelung cancerpredictive modelSBRT

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