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Risk of Fracture After Single Fraction Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy to Spinal Metastases
Fracture Risk With Single-Fraction IG-IMRT to Spinal Metastases
PS Rose, I Laufer, PJ Boland, A Hanover, MH Bilsky, J Yamada, E Lis
20090808
2009 Sept 8
J Clin Oncol
Risk of Fracture After Single Fraction Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy to Spinal Metastases
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Sept 8;[Epub Ahead of Print], PS Rose, I Laufer, PJ Boland, A Hanover, MH Bilsky, J Yamada, E Lis
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Spinal metastasis is normally treated with radiation therapy (RT), surgery, or a combination of both. Recent development of image-guided intensity modulated RT (IG-IMRT) allows cancers that are traditionally radioresistant to be treated with a -high-dose single fraction. Anecdotal evidence suggests that patients who undergo IMRT may be at risk for vertebral fractures, although specifically which patients are at increased risk is unclear. In this single-center study of patients treated at Memorial...
