Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, cilt.200, sa.11, ss.958-966, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: To investigate the treatment outcomes of extracranial oligometastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Materials and methods: The clinical data of 388 extra-cranial oligometastatic CRC (≤ 5 lesions) patients and 463 lesions treated with SBRT at 19 cancer institutions were retrospectively analyzed. The prognostic factors predicting overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and local control (LC) were assessed in uni- and multivariable analyses. Results: The median age was 62 years (range, 29–92 years). The majority of the patients (90.5%) received surgery and systemic treatment for their primary tumor, had ≤ 2 metastasis (83.3%), had single organ involvement (90.3%), and staged using flouro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET/CT) (76%). The median fraction and total radiation doses were 10 Gy (range: 6–34 Gy) and 50 Gy (range: 8–64 Gy), respectively, delivered in a median of 4 fractions (range: 1–8). The median follow-up time for the entire cohort was 30.7 months (interquartile range: 27.0–34.3 months). The 3‑year OS, PFS, and LC rates were 64.0%, 42.3%, and 72.7%, respectively. The 3‑year LC rate was significantly higher in patients receiving BED10 ≥ 100 Gy than those receiving BED10 < 100 Gy (76.0% vs. 67.3%; p = 0.04). The 3‑year PFS and OS rates were higher in patients receiving BED10 ≥ 100 Gy than those receiving BED10 < 100 Gy (33.2% vs. 25.2%; p = 0.03; 53.7% vs. 44.8%; p = 0.02). Single metastasis and complete response after SBRT were independent prognostic factors for survival in multivariable analysis. Conclusions: In this multi-center study, we demonstrated that SBRT is an effective treatment option of metastatic lesions in oligometastatic CRC patients by providing promising LC rates. Higher SBRT doses beyond BED10 ≥ 100 Gy were associated with improved LC and survival. LC of treated lesion and lower tumor burden after SBRT were associated with better outcomes.