Efficacy of 8 Gy Single Fraction Palliative Radiation Therapy in Painful Bone Metastases: A Single Institution Experience

Introduction Bone metastasis (BM) is a major complication of many solid tumors like breast, prostate, lung and renal cancers. BM leads to serious sequelae of pain, fractures, spinal cord compression and hypercalcemia. Radiotherapy has an established role in relieving pain caused by BM. Worldwide dif...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Shuja, Muhammad, Elghazaly, Ayman A, Iqbal, Asif, Mohamed, Reham, Marie, Amal, Tunio, Mutahir A, Aly, Moamen M, Balbaid, Ali, Asiri, Mushabbab
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2018
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Pain Management
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843385/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29541557
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2036
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