Skip to main content
. 2016 Aug 18;8:145–158. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S58262

Table S1.

PICOS approach and inclusion criteria

Population Men with localized (T1–T2, N0–Nx, M0) and locally advanced (T3–T4, N0–Nx, M0) prostate cancer
Intervention SBRT monotherapy, defined as a single 6–15 Gy fraction lasting up to 45 minutes per day, for a total of up to five treatments, over approximately 2 weeks, either on a robotic arm or a gantry LINAC
Control Either no control group (ie, single-arm study) or a multiarm study that may also contain the intervention
Outcomes
Efficacy Clinical (surrogate outcomes) for all studies: PSA kinetics, FFBF as defined by ASTRO or Phoenix definitions
Safety Late RTOG or CTCAE GU, GI toxicities
Study design
Efficacy All prospective and retrospective studies, ≥25 patients, with one or more arms, >30-month FU
Safety All prospective and retrospective studies, ≥25 patients, with one or more arms, >30-month FU

Abbreviations: ASTRO, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology; CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; FFBF, freedom from biochemical failure; FU, follow-up; GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary; LINAC, linear accelerator; PICOS, population, intervention, control, outcome, study design; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; RTOG, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy.