Patterns of practice in palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases: A survey in Japan

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nakamura, Naoki ^a   Shikama, Naoto ^b   Wada, Hitoshi ^c   Harada, Hideyuki ^d   Nozaki, Miwako ^e   Nagakura, Hisayasu ^f   Tago, Masao ^g   Oguchi, Masahiko ^h   Uchida, Nobue ⁱ  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Cancer Center   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KKR Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Japan; Oligometastasis; Radiotherapy; Single fraction

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CURRENT PATTERNS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HIGH DOSE; INTERNET BASED; JAPAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OLIGOMETASTASIS; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SINGLE FRACTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STUDY GROUPS;

BONE; HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; SURVEYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859880886     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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