Abstract
Radiation therapy is effective for palliation of painful metastatic osseous lesions. Various fractionation doses have been previously described. The present study was initiated to evaluate the efficacy of a high single dose of radiation on pain relief, with the goal of reducing the number of radiation sessions to a minimum. Treatment consisted of a high single dose! of radiation ranging between 6 to 10 Gy administered to painful osseous metastases. Prior to radiation therapy response to conservative analgesic therapy was minimal inmost cases. Response to radiation therapy thereafter was 71.3% lasting up to 6 and 12 months in 37.3% and 20.9% of cases respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1233-1235 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Osseous metastases
- Radiation
- Single dose
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Oncology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Cancer Research
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