“…For DFS, RFS or PFS, we included twelve relative studies in our meta-analysis (15,18,21,22,24,25,30,31,37,44,45,47). Eight studies de ned DFS, RFS or PFS as the time from treatment procedure until tumor recurrence or death (15,18,21,22,31,44,45,47), showing superior outcomes after surgery (matched studies: HR, 0.60;95% CI, 0.46-0.79; P=0.000; Figure E3, B). Three studies de ned RFS or PFS as the time from the rst day of diagnosis to the date of tumor recurrence (25,30,37), but the pooled outcome of matched studies demonstrated no signi cantly difference between SBRT and surgery (HR, 0.61;95% CI, 0.34-1.08; P=0.091; Figure E3, B).…”