Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

The most recent articles from: Radiother Oncol July 2017

Radiother Oncol · Jul 2017

Review

A review of patterns of practice and clinical guidelines in the palliative radiation treatment of uncomplicated bone metastases.

Single fraction radiation treatment (SFRT) is recommended for its equivalence to multiple-fraction (MF) RT in the palliation of uncomplicated bone metastases (BM). However, adoption of SFRT has been slow. ⋯ Although there is some variation between groups, the majority of guidelines recommend use of SFRT and others consider it to be a reasonable alternative to MFRT.

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