Pain flare in patients with bone metastases after palliative radiotherapy - A nested randomized control trial

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-455

  Loblaw, D Andrew ^a   Wu, Jackson S Y ^b   Kirkbride, Peter ^c   Panzarella, Tony ^d,e   Smith, Katherine ^a   Aslanidis, Julie ^e   Warde, Padraig ^e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Sheffield Gynaecol Cancer Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Pain flare; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247882111     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0166-y     Document Type: Article

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