Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Aug 1;105(2):367–375. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.07.023

Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics

Characteristics Frequency (%)
Demographics
Mean age ± SD (range) 61.6 ± 10.1 (38–83)
Sex
 Female 19 (40.4%)
 Male 28 (59.6%)
Race
 Nonwhite 4 (8.5%)
 White 43 (91.5%)
Primary tumor
 Mean tumor size, cm 7.5 ± 4.0
Histology
 Non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma 6 (12.8%)
 Clear cell renal cell carcinoma 41 (87.2%)
Grade
 1 1 (2.1%)
 2 8 (17.0%)
 3 23 (48.9%)
 4 11 (23.4%)
 N/A 4 (8.5%)
pT
 pT1 15 (31.9%)
 pT2 5 (10.6%)
 pT3 23 (48.9%)
 N/A 4 (8.5%)
pN
 pN0 10 (21.3%)
 pN1 3 (6.4%)
 pNX 29 (61.7%)
 N/A 5 (10.6%)
M*
 M0 34 (72.3%)
 M1 11 (23.4%)
 N/A 2 (4.3%)
Risk score
 0, Favorable 20 (42.6%)
 1–2, Intermediate/unfavorable 16 (34.0%)
 N/A 11 (23.4%)
Metastasis
 Sum of largest diameters, cm (range) 4.5 ± 3.5 (0.8–14.8)
No. of metastases treated, initial
 1 35 (74.5%)
 2 7 (14.9%)
 3 4 (8.5%)
 4 1 (2.1%)
No. of metastases treated, total§
 1 26 (55.3%)
 2 12 (25.5%)
 3 4 (8.5%)
 ≥4 5 (10.6%)
Treatment sites
 Bone 28 (43.1%)
 Lung 10 (15.4%)
 Liver 6 (9.2%)
 Soft tissue 6 (9.2%)
 Lymph node 5 (7.7%)
 Adrenal 4 (6.2%)
 Others 6 (9.2%)
Radiation therapy
 22.1 ± 4.0 Gy × 1 fraction 14 (21.5%)
 12.8 ± 2.2 Gy × 3 fractions 21 (32.3%)
 8.0 ± 1.4 Gy × 5 fractions 30 (46.2%)
*

M stage at presentation.

Heng’s criteria measured at the start of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SAbR).

During initial SAbR course.

§

During all SAbR courses before systemic therapy.