The standard therapy in cases such as yours is surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy alone or in combination. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate whether radiosurgery alone affects your quality and length of life. A second purpose of this study is to determine if the levels of special types of protein (called cytokines) found in the blood are related to your quality of life during your course of treatment and follow-up.
In this research study high dose stereotactic body radiation therapy will be directed at the site of metastasis. This treatment will be given once a day, 5 times a week (Monday through Friday) for one to four weeks depending on the location and size of the disease to be treated. Blood for the cytokine tests will be drawn before your therapy starts, weekly during therapy and at the follow-up visits as stated in the next paragraphs. Two to four tablespoons of blood will be removed each time.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
128
University of Rochester Department of Radiation Oncology
Rochester, New York, United States
Percentage of Curatively Treated Patients With Progression-free Survival
Curatively treated patients were those with metastatic disease confined to the thorax and or with total metastases limited to five total lesions.
Time frame: 24 months
Percentage of Palliatively Treated Patients With Progression-free Survival
Palliatively treated patients were those with more extensive disease wherein lung metastasis were considered the most life limiting component of their disease.
Time frame: 24 months
Quality of Life and Correlation With Pro-apoptotic, Inflammatory, and Anabolic Cytokine Profiles
Correlation of data from QOL questionnaires and blood markers.
Time frame: 30 months from date of registration.
Analyze Impact of Disease Bulk and Number of Sites Involved.
Analysis or response and progression.
Time frame: From the date of radiation therapy treatment to the date of first failure or last follow-up, assessed up to 10 years
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