[Cost of radiotherapy for bone metastases in France: A monocentric retrospective study].
CONCLUSION: Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an efficient and curative irradiation technique but more expensive. It is preferred for some patients with a longer life expectancy in a non-palliative treatment setting. The treatment delivering 8Gy treatment appears to be the most cost-effective while leading to an equivalent efficiency to multifractionated treatments and preserving the quality of life of patients.
PMID: 30527438 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Le Fèvre C, Menoux I, Pin Y, Antoni D, Thiéry A, Noël G Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research
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