Fractionated radiosurgery for painful spinal metastases: DOSIS - a phase II trial

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One third of all cancer patients will develop bone metastases and the vertebral column is involved in approximately 70% of these patients. Conventional radiotherapy with of 1–10 fractions and total doses of 8-30 Gy is the current sta...

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Main Authors: Guckenberger Matthias, Hawkins Maria, Flentje Michael, Sweeney Reinhart A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/530