Single versus multiple fractions of repeat radiation for painful bone metastases: A randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-171

  Chow, Edward ^a   van der Linden, Yvette M ^b,c   Roos, Daniel ^d   Hartsell, William F ^e   Hoskin, Peter ^f   Wu, Jackson S Y ^g   Brundage, Michael D ^h   Nabid, Abdenour ⁱ   Tissing Tan, Caroline J A ^j   Oei, Bing ^k   Babington, Scott ^l   Demas, William F ^m   Wilson, Carolyn F ^h   Meyer, Ralph M ^h,n   Chen, Bingshu E ^h   Wong, Rebecca K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Radiotherapy Institute Friesland   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^j Institute for Radiation Oncology Arnhem   (Netherlands)

^k Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^l CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^m NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; BONE NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CAUDA EQUINA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892968327     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70556-4     Document Type: Article

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