TABLE III.
Details of treatment courses given to patients seen in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program, 2008–2012
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Radiation site [n (%)] | |
| Bone | 1731 (72.49) |
| Central nervous system | 456 (19.10) |
| Thoracic | 95 (3.98) |
| Gastrointestinal | 29 (1.21) |
| Breast | 15 (0.63) |
| Genitourinary | 13 (0.54) |
| Others | 49 (2.05) |
| Treatment overall | |
| 20 Gy in 5 fractions | 1087 (45.52) |
| 8 Gy in 1 fraction | 1042 (43.63) |
| 30 Gy in 10 fractions | 135 (5.65) |
| Others | 124 (5.19) |
| Treatment for pain (bone metastases), n=1062 | |
| 8 Gy in1 fractions | 690 (64.97) |
| 20 Gy in 5 fractions | 284 (26.74) |
| 30 Gy in 10 fractions | 40 (3.77) |
| Others | 48 (4.52) |
| Treatment for brain metastases, n=420 | |
| 20 Gy in 5 fractions | 365 (86.90) |
| 30 Gy in 10 fractions | 28 (6.67) |
| 8 Gy in 1 fraction | 10 (2.38) |
| Others | 17 (4.05) |
| Referred with and received treatment for, n=1957 | |
| Pain (bone metastases) | 1062 (54.27) |
| Brain metastases | 420 (21.46) |
| Post surgery | 74 (3.78) |
| Mass | 68 (3.47) |
| Lesion in diagnostic imaging | 53 (2.71) |
| Spinal cord compression (scc) | 44 (2.25) |
| Bleeding | 35 (1.79) |
| Cauda equina syndrome | 23 (1.18) |
| Assess need for more treatment | 22 (1.12) |
| Impending scc | 22 (1.12) |
| Pathologic fracture | 16 (0.82) |
| Pain (other) | 14 (0.72) |
| Assess rt response | 13 (0.66) |
| Shortness of breath | 11 (0.56) |
| Symptoms of svco | 8 (0.41) |
| Pain (neuropathic) | 6 (0.31) |
| Impending fracture | 4 (0.20) |
| Other | 62 (3.17) |
rt = radiotherapy; svco = superior vena cava obstruction; bmc = bone metastases clinic.