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    P2.02 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Localized Disease – NSCLC (ID 210)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Localized Disease - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.02-032 - Phase II Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) in Surgically Operable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (STARS) (ID 1254)

      09:30 - 17:00  |  Author(s): L. Feng

      • Abstract
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      Background:
      Standard therapy for operable clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is lobectomy with sampling or dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has produced local control rates in excess of 95% and has become standard care for medically inoperable stage I NSCLC. However, the role of SABR in operable stage I NSCLC remains controversial due to concerns about the risk of local or nodal recurrence after SABR, either of which could lead to worse OS than that after standard surgery. We report here the preliminary outcome using SABR in clinically operable stage I NSCLC.

      Methods:
      Patients with clinical T1A(<3 cm)N0M0 biopsy proven operable NSCLC who meet criteria for lobectomy are being enrolled. All patients are staged with chest CT, PET/CT imaging, and EBUS. 54 Gy in 3 fractions was used for peripheral lesions and 50 Gy in 4 fractions for central lesions, respecting critical normal tissue dose volume constraints. SABR plans are typically optimized by using 6 to 12 coplanar or non-coplanar 6-MV photon beams (3-D CRT or IMRT) or Cyberknife or one to three arcs (VMAT). Daily CT-on-rail or a cone-beam CT scans or tumor tracking was used during each radiotherapy fraction.

      Results:
      Enrollment was started in September 2009, temporally closed in 2013 with 20 patients and re-opened in 2014. The study is ongoing and 58 patients have been enrolled up to date. The median follow-up time for the first 20 patients was 40 months; for all patients, median follow up was 7 months (range 0.8-49.6 months, interquartile 4.7, 22.8 months). No deaths have occurred to date. There was one local failure in the treated lobe that was salvaged with lobectomy. There were 5 cases of regional mediastinal lymph node progression treated with concurrent chemo/radiotherapy. Three of these cases had suspicious lymph nodes by CT and PET before SABR but were enrolled because EBUS was negative. One patient developed distant metastasis and was treated with chemotherapy. No one had grade 3-5 toxicity. Six patients had grade 2 chest wall pain (10.3%) and three patients developed grade 2 pulmonary toxicity (5%).

      Conclusion:
      SABR is well tolerated with minimal toxicity and promising local control and survival. More stringent mediastinal staging is recommended in the future.

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