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Trial reportRadiation oncology (London, England)2019

Effect of the types of pretreatment imaging modalities on the treatment response to palliative radiation for painful bone metastases from solid cancer: a single-center retrospective analysis.

Yuki Wada, Akira Anbai, Satoshi Kumagai, Eriko Okuyama, Kento Hatakeyama, Noriko Takagi, Manabu Hashimoto

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Trial report in Radiation oncology (London, England), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Yuki WadaDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan. ywada@med.akita-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-7413
Akira AnbaiDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.
Satoshi KumagaiDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.
Eriko OkuyamaDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.
Kento HatakeyamaDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.
Noriko TakagiDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.
Manabu HashimotoDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, Akita, 010-8545, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDetermining the appropriate gross tumor volume is important for irradiation planning in addition to palliative radiation for bone metastases. While irradiation planning is commonly performed using simulation computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), bone scintigraphy, and

methodsConsecutive patients with painful bone metastases treated with palliative radiation between January 2013 and December 2017 at our institution were included. We retrospectively investigated the pretreatment images from the different imaging modalities (CT, MRI, bone scintigraphy, and

resultsIn total, 131 patients (78 men and 53 women) were included; the median age was 66 years (range, 24-89 years). Prescribed doses were 8-50 Gy/1-25 fractions with 2-8 Gy/fraction. Among the 131 patients, 105 were responders (response rate, 80%). The imaging modalities performed before irradiation were CT in 131 patients, MRI in 54, bone scintigraphy in 56, and

conclusionsThere was no significant relationship between the type of pretreatment imaging and treatment response for painful bone metastases. Thus, setting the appropriate radiation field according to CT images and clinical findings could help avoiding further image inspection before palliative radiation for painful bone metastases.

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Palliative CareAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingNeoplasmsFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsBone metastasisImaging modalityPalliative radiation

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PMID31174548
PMCPMC6556015

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