A review of patterns of practice and clinical guidelines in the palliative radiation treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases

Vithusha Ganesh; Stephanie Chan; Srinivas Raman; Ronald Chow; Peter Hoskin; Henry Lam; Bo Angela Wan; Leah Drost; Carlo DeAngelis; Edward Chow

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.06.002

doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.06.002

A review of patterns of practice and clinical guidelines in the palliative radiation treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases

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Radiotherapy and Oncology5.70

Volume: 124, Issue: 1, Pages: 38 - 44

Published: Jul 1, 2017

Abstract

Single fraction radiation treatment (SFRT) is recommended for its equivalence to multiple-fraction (MF) RT in the palliation of uncomplicated bone metastases (BM). However, adoption of SFRT has been slow.Literature searches for studies published following 2014 were conducted using online repositories of gray literature, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and Embase Classic, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases.A total of 32...

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A review of patterns of practice and clinical guidelines in the palliative radiation treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases

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doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.06.002

Published Date

Jul 1, 2017

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Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volume

124

Issue

1

Pages

38 - 44

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