Effectiveness of palliative radiotherapy in the treatment of bone metastases employing the brief pain inventory

Journal of Cancer Pain and Symptom Palliation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 19-29

  Li, Kathy K ^a   Chow, Edward ^a,b   Chiu, Hannah H ^a   Bradley, Nicole ^a   Doyle, Meagan ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Brief pain inventory; Functional interference; Pain; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749133552     PISSN: 15437671     EISSN: 1543768X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J427v02n03_03     Document Type: Article

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