Dexamethasone for the prevention of a pain flare after palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases: a multicenter double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial

BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy has a good effect in palliation of painful bone metastases, with a pain response rate of more than 60%. However, shortly after treatment, in approximately 40% of patients a temporary pain flare occurs, which is defined as a two-point increase of the worst pain score on an 11...

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Autores principales: Westhoff, Paulien G, de Graeff, Alexander, Geerling, Jenske I, Reyners, Anna KL, van der Linden, Yvette M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-347

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-347

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