The role of radiation therapy in bone metastases management

Bone metastases represent an important complication of malignant tumours. Despite improvement in surgical techniques and advances in systemic therapies, management of patients with bone metastatic disease remains a powerful cornerstone for the radiation oncologist. The primary goal of radiation ther...

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Autores principales: Felice, Francesca De, Piccioli, Andrea, Musio, Daniela, Tombolini, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28148890
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14823
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spelling pubmed-54219622017-05-10 The role of radiation therapy in bone metastases management Felice, Francesca De Piccioli, Andrea Musio, Daniela Tombolini, Vincenzo Oncotarget Review Bone metastases represent an important complication of malignant tumours. Despite improvement in surgical techniques and advances in systemic therapies, management of patients with bone metastatic disease remains a powerful cornerstone for the radiation oncologist. The primary goal of radiation therapy is to provide pain relief, preserving patients quality of life. Impact Journals LLC 2017-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5421962/ /pubmed/28148890 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.14823 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Felice et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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