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No single question in radiation oncology has been investigated as exhaustively as the appropriate fractionation for treating patients with uncomplicated bone metastases. A single fraction of 8 Gy was equivalent to multiple prolonged fractionation schemes in 29 randomized trials and 3 meta-analyses, whether measured by overall response rate, complete response rate, partial response rate, time to pain relief, time to progression of disease, durability of response, development of spinal cord compression, or development of pathologic fracture.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research