In patients with bone metastases (BM), radiotherapy (RT) is used to alleviate symptoms,
reduce the risk of fracture, and improve quality of life (QoL). However, with the emergence of …

Objectives We provide a review of external beam radiotherapy for pain associated with bone
metastases, to summarize evidence associated with different radiotherapy fraction …

Importance For patients with nonspine bone metastases, short-course radiotherapy (RT) can
reduce patient burden without sacrificing clinical benefit. However, there is great variation in …

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Purpose Local treatment for bone metastases is becoming increasingly complex. National
guidelines traditionally focus only on radiation therapy (RT), leaving a gap in clinical …

Palliative radiotherapy is used to alleviate cancer-related symptoms. Symptomatic
responses to palliative radiotherapy may however take several weeks, meaning that patients …

Objective Patients with incurable esophageal and gastric cancer may develop local
symptoms for which palliative radiotherapy (PRT) may be considered. We sought to evaluate …

We recently had the opportunity to read the letter to the editor entitled “30-day Expected
Mortality and Hemostatic Palliative Radiotherapy: Definitions, Certainties and Uncertainties” …

Background To analyze the reasons for uncontrolled Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) of orbital
tumors. If we can avoid selecting tumors that are easy to recur, the application of Gamma …

Purpose: Local treatment for bone metastases is becoming increasingly complex. National
guidelines traditionally focus only on radiation therapy (RT), leaving a gap in clinical …