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Five Fractions versus Seven Fractions SBRT for Intermediate- and High-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Propensity Score Matched Pair Analysis.

Christina Schröder, Lucas Mose, Etienne Mathier, Daniel Rudolf Zwahlen, Daniel Matthias Aebersold, Robert Förster, Mohamed Shelan

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic significance of the mEPE score in intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients undergoing ultrahypofractionated robotic SBRT.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christina SchröderDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4168-2795
Lucas MoseDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital/Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0006-0693-2716
Etienne MathierDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital/Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Daniel Rudolf ZwahlenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4359-7735
Daniel Matthias AebersoldDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital/Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9493-3834
Robert FörsterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7664-9207
Mohamed ShelanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital/Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6477-6655
University of Bern · CHKantonsspital Winterthur · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare two stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) regimens in patients with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer with regards toxicity and efficacy. METHODS/MATERIAL: We retrospectively collected data from 198 patients treated with SBRT for prostate cancer at two different institutions. Patients received either 35-36.25 Gy in five fractions (group A) using Cyberknife robotic platform or 42.7 Gy in seven fractions (group B) using a C-arm LINAC (image-guided). Propensity score matching was done (2:1 nearest neighbor matching without replacement), resulting in 120 patients (80 patients for group A, 40 patients for group B). Toxicity, PSA nadir, biochemical failure and disease-free survival (DFS) were analyzed.

resultsMedian follow up of all patients was 13 months (range 1-91 months). Overall, 23.3% of patients had ≥G2 acute GU toxicity (21.1% group A versus 30% group B (

conclusionBoth SBRT regimens have acceptable acute and late toxicity and good efficacy. There are significantly more GI toxicities in the seven-fraction regimen. Longer follow-up is warranted for better comparison of long-term efficacy.

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disease-free survivalpropensity scoreprostate cancerstereotactic body radiotherapy

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PMID38136360
PMCPMC10741876
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