The Treatment of Bone Metastasis with Highly Conformal Radiation Therapy: A Brave New World or a Costly Mistake?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 662-664

  Lo, S S ^a   Sahgal, A ^b   Hartsell, W F ^c   Lutz, S T ^d   Kardamakis, D ^e   van der Linden, Y ^f   Hoskin, P J ^g  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

^d Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^f Radiotherapeutic Institute Friesland   (Netherlands)

^g MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349410205     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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