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. 2021 May 28;13(11):2664. doi: 10.3390/cancers13112664

Table 3.

Summary of selected published studies on conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for benign SBMs.

Authors Patients (N) Radiation Modality Median Dose/ Dose per Fraction (Gy) Median Volume (mL) Median Follow-Up (Months) Local Control Late Toxicity (%)
Goldsmith et al., 1994 [79] 117 CRT 54 NA 40 89 at 5 and 77 at 10 years 3.6
Maire et al., 1995 [80] 91 CRT 52 NA 40 94 6.5
Nutting et al., 1999 [81] 82 CRT 55–60 NA 41 92 at 5 and 83 at 10 years 14
Vendrely et al., 1999 [82] 156 3D-RT 50 NA 40 79 at 5 years 11.5
Mendenhall et al., 2003 [83] 101 3D-RT 54 NA 64 95 at 5, 92 at 10 and 15 years 8
Henzel et al., 2006 [93] 84 fSRT 56 11,1 30 100 NA
Tanzler et al., 2010 [94] 144 fSRT 52.7 NA 87 97 at 5 and 95 at 10 years 7
Minniti et al., 2011 [95] 52 fSRT 50 35.4 42 93 at 5 years 5.5
Slater et al., 2012 [101] 68 Protons 56 27.6 74 99 at 5 years 9
Weber et al., 2012 [102] 24 Protons 56/1.8–2.0 21.5 62 100 at 5 years 15.5
Solda et al., 2013 [96] 222 fSRT 50/55 12 43 100 at 5 and 10 years 4.5
Combs et al., 2013 [97] 507 fSRT/IMRT 57.6/1.8–2.0 53.4 107 95.5 at 5 and 88 at 10 years 1.8
Fokas et al., 2014 [98] 253 * fSRT 55.8/1.8–2.0 16 50 92.9 at 5 and 87.5 at 10 years 12 (G2)
Han et al., 2014 [100] 143 fSRT 50.4/1.8 11.1 32 95% 0.7
Kaul et al., 2014 [104] 136 fSRT 57/1.8–2.0 24 44.9 93.8 at 5 and 91.5 at 10 years G1 only
Sanford et al., 2017 [103] 44 Protons 55.8–63 39.7/13.2 195 98 at 10 and 90 at 15 years 59% (≥G2)
Lillie O’steen et al., 2019 [84] 149 3D-RT 50–52/1.7–1.8 NA 144 95 at 10 and 92 at 20 years NA

CRT, conventional radiation therapy; fSRT, fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy; IMRT, intensity modulated radiation therapy; G, grade; 3D-RT, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; * series including skull base and intracranial meningiomas; NA, not assessed.