Should Postoperative Radiation for Long Bone Metastases Cover Part or All of the Orthopedic Hardware? Results of a Large Retrospective Analysis

PurposeFor patients with long bone metastases who undergo orthopedic stabilization surgery followed by radiotherapy (RT), it is unclear what extent of hardware coverage by the radiation field is needed for optimal tumor control.Methods and MaterialsLong bone metastases treated with surgical intervention followed by radiation between August 2011 to May 2019 from a single institution were reviewed. Local recurrence, defined as any in-bone...