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International Patterns of Practice in Palliative Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases: Evidence-Based Practice?
Palliative Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases: Single Fractions Underutilized
A Fairchild, E Barnes, S Ghosh, E Ben-Josef, D Roos, W Hartsell, T Holt, J Wu, N Janjan, E Chow
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2009 Dec 1
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
International Patterns of Practice in Palliative Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases: Evidence-Based Practice?
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Dec 1;75(5):1281-1628, A Fairchild, E Barnes, S Ghosh, E Ben-Josef, D Roos, W Hartsell, T Holt, J Wu, N Janjan, E Chow
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Purpose: Multiple randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the equivalence of multifraction and singlefraction (SF) radiotherapy for the palliation of painful bone metastases (BM). However, according to previous surveys, SF schedules remain underused. The objectives of this study were to determine the current patterns of practice internationally and to investigate the factors influencing this practice. Methods and Materials: The members of three global radiation oncology professional organizations...
