EBRO 2017

Palliative RT lung dose & fractionation

• Poor PS: • 1 fraction (10Gy) as good as 2 fraction (17Gy/ 2#; 1 week apart) • PS 2 – 4; Main symptoms from primary • Max 200 cm 2 field • Median OS 3.5 vs 4 months

• Better PS: • 13 fraction (39Gy/ 13#) vs. 2 fraction (17Gy/ 2#) • Locally advanced, non-metastatic • 7 vs. 9 months OS

Bleehan, BJC, 1992 Macbeth, ClinOnc1996