Oligometastasis- Fallacy or Real Deal?

Posted On 2021-06-04 13:50:41


Oligometastatic cancer is defined as a clinical state of metastatic disease that is limited to “oligo” or few metastatic lesions as identified by imaging. Conceptualized in the 1990s by Drs. Hellman and Weichselbaum, it has now become an accepted condition in the natural history of most solid malignancies

Editorial on Oligometastasis- Fallacy or Real Deal?
Defining the role of curative local therapy in oligometastatic cancer: a new era
Tithi Biswas, Charles B. Simone II, Simon S. Lo, Michael T. Milano

Review Article on Oligometastasis- Fallacy or Real Deal?
Oligometastases: history of a hypothesis
Michael T. Milano, Tithi Biswas, Charles B. Simone II, Simon S. Lo

Technical challenges of linac-based stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy: short review for non-radiation oncologists
Alina M. Mihai, Luke Rock, Michael T. Milano

Oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
Michael Dohopolski, Puneeth Iyengar

Oligometastatic breast cancer: where are we now and where are we headed?—a narrative review
Collin L. Kent, Susan G. R. McDuff, Joseph K. Salama

A narrative review of oligometastatic prostate cancer—an evolving paradigm
Kobika Sritharan, Romelie Rieu, Alison Tree

The multidisciplinary management of oligometastases from colorectal cancer: a narrative review
Edward T. J. Chandy, Helen J. Saxby, Jennifer W. Pang, Ricky A. Sharma

Treatment paradigms for oligometastatic pediatric cancers: a narrative review with a focus on radiotherapy approaches
Timothy D. Smile, Shireen Parsai, Travis M. Pflederer, Erin S. Murphy

Limited brain metastases: a narrative review
Kevin Victor Chaung, Andrew Edward Sloan, Serah Choi

The role of immunotherapy in combination with oligometastasis-directed therapy: a narrative review
William Tyler Turchan, Steven J. Chmura

A review of ongoing trials of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease in the context of new consensus definitions
George J. Li, Andrew J. Arifin, Faiez Al-Shafa, Patrick Cheung, George B. Rodrigues, David A. Palma, Alexander V. Louie

Disclosure:
The series “Oligometastasis- Fallacy or Real Deal?” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Palliative Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Simon Lo, Michael Milano, Tithi Biswas and Charles B. Simone, II served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.