Prophylactic dexamethasone effectively reduces the incidence of pain flare following spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT): a prospective observational study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2937-2943

  Khan, Luluel ^a   Chiang, Andrew ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Thibault, Isabelle ^a   Bedard, Gillian ^a   Wong, Erin ^a   Loblaw, Andrew ^a   Soliman, Hany ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^b   Chow, Edward ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Pain flare; Spinal metastases; Spine radiosurgery; Spine stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; WALKING; WORK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; SPINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SPINE;

EID: 84940459447     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2659-z     Document Type: Article

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