Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head After Palliative Radiotherapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Absence of a Dose Threshold?

Avascular necrosis (AVN) is the final common pathway resulting from insufficient blood supply to bone, commonly the femoral head. There are many postulated etiologies of non-traumatic AVN, including corticosteroids, bisphosphonates, and radiotherapy (RT). However, it is unclear whether there is a do...

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Autores principales: Daoud, Alia M, Hudson, Mack, Magnus, Kenneth G, Huang, Fleur, Danielson, Brita L, Venner, Peter, Saluja, Ronak, LeGuerrier, Bronwen, Daly, Helene, Emmenegger, Urban, Fairchild, Alysa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081582
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.521

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081582
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.521

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