Practice Patterns of Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy: A Clinical Practice Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) is increasingly used for bulky advanced tumors, but specifics of clinical SFRT practice remain elusive. This study aimed to determine practice patterns of GRID and Lattice radiation therapy (LRT)-based SFRT.

Methods and materials

A survey was designed to identify radiation oncologists' practice patterns of patient selection for SFRT, dosing/planning, dosimetric parameter use, SFRT platforms/techniques, combinations of SFRT with conventional external beam radiation therapy (cERT) and multimodality therapies, and physicists' technical implementation, delivery, and quality procedures. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics. Group comparisons were analyzed with permutation tests.

Results

The majority of pr

SUBMITTER: Mayr NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885580 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature