Effect of the types of pretreatment imaging modalities on the treatment response to palliative radiation for painful bone metastases from solid cancer: a single-center retrospective analysis

Effect of the types of pretreatment imaging modalities on the treatment response to palliative radiation for painful bone metastases from solid cancer: a single-center retrospective analysis

Abstract Background Determining the appropriate gross tumor volume is important for irradiation planning in addition to palliative radiation for bone metastases. While irradiation planning is commonly performed using simulation computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone scintig...

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Main Authors: Yuki Wada, Akira Anbai, Satoshi Kumagai, Eriko Okuyama, Kento Hatakeyama, Noriko Takagi, Manabu Hashimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Palliative radiation
Imaging modality
Bone metastasis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1310-4

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