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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2016 Feb 9;16(3):347–358. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2016.1143364

Table 2.

Contemporary series of systemic therapy (temozolomide or bevacizumab) and radiotherapy in single (SRS) or multi-fraction (FSRT) for recurrent high-grade gliomas.

Author Year N Therapeutic approach Median fraction number, prescription dose Median OS after reRT (months) Toxicity
Gutin et al. [18] 2009 25 FSRS + BEV 5 fx, 30 Gy 12.5 RTOG G3 = 1 (hemorrhage); G4 3 (1 bowel perforation; 1 wound dehiscence; 1 GI bleed)
Torcuator et al. [45] 2010 23 SRS/FSRT +BEV SRS 18–20 Gy
FSRT 6fx, 36 Gy
7.2 Not reported
Minniti et al. [21] 2011 36 FSRT + TMZ 15 fx, 37.5 Gy 9.7 Neurologic deterioration 3
Cuneo et al. [28]. 2012 63 SRS/FSRT ± BEV SRS 18 Gy
FSRT 5 fx, 25 Gy
11 RTOG G3 = 11%; RN 10%
Niyazi et al. [31] 2012 30 FSRT +/− BEV 18 fx, 36 Gy Not reached RTOG G3 = 1; G4 = 1 (wound dehiscence); 2 RN
Park et al. [27] 2012 11 SRS + BEV 1 fx, 16 Gy 18 RTOG G3 = 1
Cabrera et al. [26] 2013 15 SRS/FSRT + BEV SRS 18 or 24 Gy
FSRT 5 fx, 25 Gy
13 RTOG G3 = 1
Greenspoon et al. [46] 2014 31 SRS + TMZ 5 fx, 25–35 Gy 9 RN RTOG G3 = 3, G4 = 1

ReRT: Re-irradiation, SRS: radiosurgery, FSRT: fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (multisession radiosurgery), RTOG: radiation therapy oncology group, G: toxicity grade, NA: not available, RN: Radionecrosis, fx: fraction(s).