Advances in radiation oncology for metastatic bone disease.

Advances in radiation oncology for metastatic bone disease. Bull Cancer. 2013 Oct 30; Authors: Thariat J, Fric D, Kerr C, Leysalle A, Angellier G, Dejean C, Tuillier T, Bensadoun RJ, Lagrange JL Abstract Irradiation of bone metastases primarily aims at alleviating pain, preventing fracture in the short term. The higher doses and more conformal dose distribution achievable while saving healthy tissue with new irradiation techniques have induced a paradigm shift in the management of bone metastases in a growing number of clinical situations. A search of the English and French literature was conducted using the keywords: bone metastases, radiotherapy, interventional radiology, vertebroplasty, radiofrequency, chemoembolization. Stereotactic irradiation yields pain relief rates greater than 90% in Phase I/II and retrospective studies. IMRT (static, rotational, helical) and stereotactic irradiation yield local control rates of 75-90% at 2 years. Some situations previously evaluated as palliative are currently treated more aggressively with optimized radiation sometimes combined modality interventional radiology. A recommendation can only be made for stereotactic irradiation in vertebral oligometastases or reirradiation. In the absence of a sufficient level of evidence, the increasing use of conformal irradiation techniques can only reflect the daily practice and the patient benefit while integrating economic logic care. The impact of these aggressiv...
Source: Bulletin du Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Bull Cancer Source Type: research