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Are radiation oncologists following guidelines? An audit of practice in patients with uncomplicated bone metastases

BACKGROUND: Best-practice guidelines recommend single-fraction (SFRT) instead of multi-fraction radiation therapy (MFRT) for uncomplicated symptomatic bone metastases. SFRT is comparable to MFRT in relieving pain, convenient for patients, and cost-effective. Patterns of practice in Canada reveal tha...

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Autores principales: Di Lalla, Vanessa, Fortin, Bernard, Pembroke, Catherine, Freeman, Carolyn, Yassa, Michael, Hijal, Tarek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2018.12.001