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. 2025 Jun 10;201(9):863–873. doi: 10.1007/s00066-025-02416-w

Table 2.

Radiotherapy characteristics (prescription dose and fractionization)

Author/year SRS (rate and characteristics) FSRT (rate and characteristics) WBI (rate and characteristics)
Id Said et al./ 2022 [21]

78%

(15–24 Gy/1 fraction)

22%

(24–32 Gy/3–5 fractions)

Mills et al./ 2021 [22]

60%

(median dose 21 Gy (14–24 Gy)/

1 fraction)

40%

(median dose 25 Gy (20–30)/

median fractions 5 (3–5))

Stumpf et al./ 2019 [20] For RN lesions: median dose 20 Gy (18–25), median fractions 1 (1–5)
Ippolito et al./ 2022 [23]

100%

(median dose 27 Gy (12–27)/

median dose per fraction 9 Gy (4–9))

Miller et al./ 2017 [13]

100%

(24 Gy (IQR 18–24))

Kim et al./ 2019 [24]

100%

(median dose 24 Gy (18–24))

Geraud et al./ 2017 [25]

100%

No details available

Lebow et al./ 2023 [26]

73.85%

(59% 21 Gy/1 fraction,

13.8% 18 Gy/1 fraction, 1.05% other)

26.05%

(16.3% 27 Gy/3 fractions,

8.7% 30 Gy/5 fractions, 1.05% other)

Khatri et al./ 2023 [27]

72%

(median dose 24 Gy (16–24))

28%

(median dose 27 Gy (20–50))

Parsai et al./ 2019 [14]

Dose according to RTOG 90–05 protocol:

18 Gy for tumours < / = 20 mm, 15 Gy for 21–30 mm; 12 Gy for 31–40 mm

Miller et al./ 2016 [28]

100%

(median dose 24 Gy (18–24))

Park et al./ 2022 [29]

60.9%

(1 fraction)

(total median dose 20 Gy)

(total mean dose 21.9 Gy)

39.1%

(5 fractions)

(total median dose 20 Gy)

(total mean dose 21.9 Gy)

Koide et al./ 2024 [30]

27.4%

(18–22 Gy in 1 fraction)

32.1%

(17.3% 27–30 Gy in 3 fractions; 12.5% 30–35 Gy in 5 fractions; 2.4% 40 Gy in 8–10 fractions)

40.5%

(30 Gy in 10 fractions)

Values are presented as percent or median (range), if not stated otherwise.

SRS stereotactic radiosurgery, FSRT fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, WBI whole brain irradiation, Gy Gray, RN radionecrosis