Effect of age on response to palliative radiotherapy and quality of life in patients with painful bone metastases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-269

  Westhoff, Paulien G ^a   De Graeff, Alexander ^a   Reyners, Anna K L ^b   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^a   Rodenhuis, Carla C ^a   Van Vulpen, Marco ^a   Leer, Jan Willem H ^c   Marijnen, Corrie A M ^d   Van Der Linden, Yvette M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Elderly; Pain response; Palliation; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84902548939     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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