Planning benchmark study for SBRT of early stage NSCLC : Results of the DEGRO Working Group Stereotactic Radiotherapy.
Christos MoustakisOliver BlanckFatemeh Ebrahimi TazehmahallehMark Ka Heng ChanIris ErnstThomas KriegerMarciana-Nona DumaMarkus OechsnerUte GanswindtChristian HeinzHorst AlheitHilbert BlankUrsula NestleRolf WiehleChristine KornhuberChristian OstheimerCordula PetersenGerhard PollulWolfgang BausGeorg AltensteinEric BeckersKatrin JurianzFlorian SterzingMatthias KretschmerHeinrich SeegenschmiedtTorsten MaassStefan DroegeUlrich WolfJuergen SchoefflerUwe HaverkampHans Theodor EichMatthias GuckenbergerPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2017)
All studied treatment techniques are well suited for SBRT of early stage NSCLC according to the DEGRO guidelines. Homogenization of SBRT practice in Germany is possible through the guidelines; however, detailed treatment plan characteristics varied between techniques and institutions and further homogenization is warranted in future studies and recommendations. Optimized treatment planning should always follow the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle.