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Palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases: short-course or long-course?
1State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center. No. 651, East Dongfeng Rd. Guangzhou 510060, China. zhuyuj@sysucc.org.cn.
Abstract:
For patients of bony metastases, the survival time becomes much longer as the anti-tumor strategies developed. External beam radiotherapy is effective for pain-relieving. The appropriate fractionation scheme for the most effective regimen of palliative radiotherapy to treat bone metastases is still in debate. This article reviews the prospective randomized trials comparing short-course or long-course regimens of palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases.

