Update on Palliative Radiotherapy Endpoints for Bone Metastasis Trials

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 659-661

  Lutz, S ^a   Hoskin, P ^b   Chow, E ^c  

^a Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETREATMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349420818     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.07.013     Document Type: Editorial

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