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Efficacy of Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases During the Last 12 Weeks of Life: Results from the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study
Single-Fraction Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases
JJ Meeuse, YM van der Linden, G van Tienhoven, ROB Gans, JWH Leer, AKL Reyners, for the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study Group
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2010 Mar 11
Cancer
Efficacy of Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases During the Last 12 Weeks of Life: Results from the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study
Cancer. 2010 Mar 11;116(11):2716-2725, JJ Meeuse, YM van der Linden, G van Tienhoven, ROB Gans, JWH Leer, AKL Reyners, for the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study Group
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Pain due to bone metastases in patients with advanced cancer is amenable to palliative radiotherapy, especially single-fraction radiotherapy, as evidenced by a large number of controlled studies. However, pain relief requires 3 to 4 weeks’ treatment, and the benefit of this form of palliative intervention in patients with a short life expectancy is not clear. The Dutch Bone Metastasis Study, reported by Meeuse et al., investigated the effect of radiotherapy in such patients. The study randomized...
