Randomized phase II trial evaluating pain response in patients with spinal metastases following stereotactic body radiotherapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy.
CONCLUSIONS: This randomized trial demonstrates the utility of palliative SBRT for spinal metastases, which was associated with a quicker and improved pain response. Larger ongoing randomized studies will assist in further addressing these endpoints.
PMID: 29843899 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Sprave T, Verma V, Förster R, Schlampp I, Bruckner T, Bostel T, Welte SE, Tonndorf-Martini E, Nicolay NH, Debus J, Rief H Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research
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