EP-1629 Recalcification in lytic bone metastases of the spine after radiotherapy
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Bone Metastases Radiotherapy
Despite high-level evidence in the literature, the use of single-fraction radiotherapy (RT) for management of painful bone metastases is not widely practiced in the world, as highlighted in several practice-pattern surveys. Fractionation of palliative RT for bone metastases has not been addressed in Iran, where the most common clinical practice is the use of 30 Gy in 10 fractions. Thus, we deci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)32049-3