Factors affecting the use of single-fraction radiotherapy for the palliation of bone metastases in Australia

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 205-212

  Petrushevski, A N ^a   Gabriel, G S ^b   Hanna, T P ^a,b   Allen, S ^b   Allison, R W ^c   Barton, M B ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Fractionation; Metastasis; Palliative; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE FRACTION RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; BONE NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SECONDARY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BONE NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924727815     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2014.11.027     Document Type: Article

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