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. 2017 Feb 7;7:5. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00005

Table 6.

Summary of late ≥grade 2 or 3 toxicities reported for various techniques, including IMRT + SBRT boost.

Author Institution/trial Technique Dose (Gy) Median follow-up (years) Pts Gr 2 genitourinary (GU) (%) Gr 3 GU (%) Gr 2 gastrointestinal (GI) (%) Gr 3 GI (%)
Zelefsky et al. (6) MSKCC IMRT/IGRT 86.4 2.8 186 10.4 1.0
IMRT/no IGRT 190 20 1.6

Michalski et al. (31) Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0126 3D-CRT 79.2 4.6 491 13.4 2.5 22 5.1
IMRT 3.5 257 7.8 1.9 15.1 2.6

Mariados et al. (32) PIVOT IMRT/No spacer 79.2 1.25 73 4.2 1.4
IMRT/spacer 149 6.8 0

King et al. (33) UCLA/Stanford SBRT (5 fxns) 36.25 2.7 67 8.8 3.5 2 0

Chen et al. (27) Georgetown SBRT (5 fxns) 35–36.25 2.3 100 31 1 1 0

Khor et al. (13) Melbourne, Australia HDR boost (3 fxns) + EBRT 19.5 + 46 5 344 16.8a 11.8a

Hoskin et al. (15) UK HDR boost (2 fxns) + EBRT (13 fxns) 17 + 35.75 7.1 110 31b 7b

Hsu et al. (16) RTOG 0321 HDR boost (2 fxns) + EBRT 19 + 45 2.5 112 7.1 2.7 2.7 0.9

Rodda et al. (30) ASCENDE-RT LDR boost + EBRT 115 6.5 198 18 9
EBRT 78 200 8 4

Katz and Kang (21) Winthrop SBRT boost (3 fxns) + 3D-CRT (19 to 21) + 45 5 45 4.6 2.3 13.3

Lin et al. (20) Taiwan SBRT boost (3 fxns) + VMAT 21 + 45 3.5 41 3–11c 0 0 0

Anwar et al. (23) UCSF SBRT boost (2 fxns) + SIB (9.5 to 10.5) + 45 3.6 48 27 2 0 0

Paydar et al. (24) Georgetown SBRT boost + IMRT 19.5 + (45 to 50.4) 4.2 108 40 6 12 1

IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; IGRT, image-guided radiation therapy; 3D-CRT, 3D-conformal radiation therapy; SBRT, stereotactic body radiation therapy; HDR, high dose rate; LDR, low dose rate; EBRT, external beam radiation therapy; VMAT, volumetric arc therapy; SIB, simultaneous integrated boost.

aUrethral stricture rates.

bSevere toxicity per the Dische scale.

c0–11% toxicity rates in late follow-up period with cumulative rates not reported.