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...

Descrición completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Main Authors: Guckenberger, M, Hawkins, M, Flentje, M, Sweeney, R
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012