Table 5. Details for each case (n=55).
| Group | Case1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Oligometastases? | Agree | 49 | 89 | 44 | 80 | 55 | 100 | ||
| Disagree | 6 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Experience treating the case | Yes | 44 | 80 | 34 | 62 | 41 | 75 | ||
| No | 11 | 20 | 21 | 38 | 14 | 25 | |||
| RT timing | Upfront RT | 48 | 87 | 16 | 29 | 53 | 96 | ||
| ADT followed by RT | – | – | 31 | 56 | – | – | |||
| No RT | 7 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 4 | |||
| RT field | Prostate only | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Prostate and metastatic lesion | 20 | 42 | 24 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WP and metastatic lesion | 25 | 52 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Metastatic lesion only | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 100 | |||
| Fx size for prostate | Conventional fx | 9 | 19 | 8 | 17 | – | – | ||
| Hypofx | 37 | 77 | 35 | 76 | – | – | |||
| SBRT | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | |||
| BED for prostate | <88.8 Gy10 | 36 | 75 | 35 | 76 | – | – | ||
| ≥88.8 Gy10 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 24 | – | – | |||
| Fx size for WP | Conventional fx | 22 | 88 | 15 | 94 | – | – | ||
| Hypofx | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | – | – | |||
| BED for WP | <53.1 Gy10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 6 | – | – | ||
| ≥53.1 Gy10 | 22 | 88 | 15 | 94 | – | – | |||
| Fx size for metastatic lesion | Conventional fx | 20 | 45 | 10a/2b | 24/6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Hypofx | 23 | 51 | 21a/11b | 52/30 | 15 | 28 | |||
| SBRT | 2 | 4 | 10a/23b | 24/64 | 37 | 70 | |||
| BED for metastatic lesion | <53.1 Gy10 | 7 | 16 | 9a/19b | 22a/53b | 36 | 68 | ||
| ≥53.1 Gy10 | 38 | 84 | 32a/17b | 78a/47b | 17 | 32 | |||
| Reason for not use SBRTc | WP including regional LNs | 22 | 48 | 15 | 39 | – | |||
| Preference of other fractionations | 18 | 39 | 16 | 42 | 9 | 56 | |||
| Lack of special equipment | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lack of experience of SBRT | 8 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 25 | |||
| Limitation of reimbursement | 5 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 19 | |||
| Wide margin for involved bone mets | 27 | 59 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 31 | |||
| Others | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
a, means pelvic bone metastases; b, means T11 spine metastases; c, the respondents selected multiple answer. RT, radiotherapy; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; WP, whole pelvis including regional lymph nodes (LNs); Fx, fraction; Hypofx, hypofractionation; SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy; BED, biologically effective dose when α/β was assumed to be 10 Gy.