Background, Rationale and Goals for the 2010 International Consensus Conference Bone Metastasis Treatment Workshop

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 649-651

  Lutz, S T ^a   Fairchild, A ^b   Chow, E ^c   Hoskin, P ^d  

^a Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^d MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONSENSUS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KYPHOPLASTY; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349434685     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.07.012     Document Type: Editorial

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