The role of palliative and symptomatic radiation therapy of bone metastases;Il ruolo della radioterapia palliativa e sintomatica delle metastasi ossee

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 372-377

  Tordiglione, Michele ^a   Luraghi, Roberto ^a   Antognoni, Paolo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Bone metastases, palliative radiotherapy; Half body irradiation; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

BONE TUMOR; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0033124751     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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