Short Interval Postoperative Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) After Surgical Intervention for Spine Metastases

Inclusion criteria

• ✓. Participants must have a histologically or cytologically confirmed diagnosis of metastatic malignancy or must have preliminary histology or cytology consistent with a diagnosis of metastatic malignancy.
• ✓. Participants must be considered candidates for postoperative SBRT by the treating radiation oncologist.
• ✓. Participants must have undergone, within the past 13 days, or are planned to undergo minimally invasive or open surgery for the management of a spine metastasis.
• ✓. Disease at any spine level is allowed.
• ✓. Prior therapy
• ✓. There is no limit on the number of prior spine surgeries or prior courses of radiotherapy directed at the spine if prior therapies occurred at different spinal levels outside the anticipated treatment field.
• ✓. There is no limit on the number of courses or types of radiotherapy for radiation delivered outside the planned treatment field.
• ✓. Cleared by the primary surgical team for postoperative SBRT, including but not limited to hemodynamic, respiratory, and neurologic stability postoperatively, without immediate postoperative complications noted.

Exclusion criteria