1. Radiation Therapy for Prostate
Cancer
NASPCC 10-13-18
Ronald Chen, MD MPH
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Associate Director, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center
9. Moderate Hypofractionation
• 9 clinical trials
• Low risk prostate cancer to high risk cancer
• Hypofractionation
– No increase in recurrence
– Similar side effects
• Benefits to patients:
– Patient convenience
– Equally effective and cheaper cost = more cost-
effective
11. Extreme Hypofractionation
• Largest reported study to date:
– Pooled analysis of patients from 8 institutions
(UCLA, Harvard/Beth-Israel, Italy, Georgetown,
Swedish Medical Center/Seattle, etc)
– N=1100, enrolled 2003-2011
– 35-40 Gy/4-5 fractions
King CR et al. Radiat Oncol 109:217-221, 2013.
15. Quality of Life
• Prospectively collected using EPIC
Urinary Bowel Sexual
(14% ADT)
Katz AJ et al. Frontier Oncol 4:article 301, 2014.
16. Randomized Trial
• Intermediate/high risk prostate cancer
• 2 Gy x 39 = 78 Gy
• 6.1Gy x 7 = 42.7 Gy
• N=1180 patients
• 5-year free from recurrence: 84% vs 84%
• No difference in toxicity
Widmark A et al. ESTRO 2018.
19. Oligometastatic Cancer
• Cancer that has metastasized to only a few
places
• Currently, standard treatment is ADT
• Can aggressive treatment help some patients?
Is this potentially curable?
20. STOMP Trial
• 62 patients with prostate cancer recurrence
• ≤ 3 metastases
• Randomize:
– Observation
– Surgery or stereotactic body RT to all metastases
Ost P et al. JCO 36(5):446-53, 2018.
22. Conclusion
• Targeted (surgery or SBRT) to all metastases
for patients with oligometastatic prostate
cancer is
– Well tolerated
– Delays the need for ADT – which may be beneficial
to patients
23. Other Ongoing Trials
• Patient with newly diagnosed metastatic
prostate cancer
– Few areas of metastasis
• Treat all the areas of disease (prostate and
metastases) – does that help improve patient
outcomes?