Incidence of pain flare in radiation treatment of bone metastases: A literature review

PURPOSE: Pain flare is a temporary increase in pain and is a potential side effect of radiotherapy treatment. However, its incidence has been reported only in recent studies, and with great variability. A few studies have reported on the use of dexamethasone as a prophylactic agent in the prevention...

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Autores principales: McDonald, Rachel, Chow, Edward, Rowbottom, Leigha, DeAngelis, Carlo, Soliman, Hany
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbo.2014.10.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbo.2014.10.001

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