Efficacy of postoperative radiation treatment for bone metastases in the extremities.

CONCLUSION: Rates of prosthesis displacement and progression of bone metastases at site of surgery were low after postoperative radiation. There were few incidences of second surgery and re-irradiation observed in the cohort. These findings provide support for the benefit of postoperative radiation. PMID: 28545958 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 22, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Drost L, Ganesh V, Wan BA, Raman S, Chan S, Christakis M, Tsao M, Barnes E, Ford M, Finkelstein J, Yee A, Turner A, Lam H, Chow E Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research