Development and validation of a recursive partitioning analysis-based pretreatment decision-making tool identifying ideal candidates for spine stereotactic body radiation therapy.
Roman O KowalchukTrey C MullikinMarcus FlorezBrian S DeGrant M SpearsPeter S RoseBrittany L SiontisDong Kun KimBrian A CostelloJonathan M MorrisJoseph T MarionBenjamin A Johnson-TeschRobert W GaoSatomi ShiraishiJohn J LucidoDaniel M TrifilettiKenneth R OlivierDawn OwenBradley J StishMark R WaddleNadia N LaackSean S ParkPaul D BrownAmol J GhiaKenneth W MerrellPublished in: Cancer (2022)
This novel score is proposed as a decision-making tool to help to optimize patient selection for spine SBRT. SINS may be an independent predictor of OS.