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

<p><strong>Background</strong>: 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 standard for painful...

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Main Authors: Guckenberger, M, Hawkins, M, Flentje, M, Sweeney, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012