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OS was quantified as the time between the start of RT and death from any cause.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>At 3 and 6 months after RT, 35 and 50% of initially unstable SBM were re-stabilized according to SINS in patients still alive. Corresponding Taneichi score-based stabilization proportions were 25 and 46%, respectively. Comparison of both stability scores showed high absolute agreement for all time-points (range 71\u201378%, kappa range 0.35\u20130.44). SRE occurred more frequently in initially unstable SBM compared to stable SBM according to SINS (14 <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> 5%), but no such association could be shown for the Taneichi-based instability criterion. 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