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ReviewCancer management and research2019

Single-Fraction Radiotherapy (SFRT) For Bone Metastases: Patient Selection And Perspectives.

Mauro Loi, Joost J Nuyttens, Isacco Desideri, Daniela Greto, Lorenzo Livi

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Review in Cancer management and research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. SEOR SBRT-SG stereotactic body radiation therapy consensus guidelines for non-spine bone metastasis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2022
    Guideline
  2. Stereotactic body radiotherapy for non-spinal bone oligometastases: a mono-institutional experience.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Article
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  7. Image-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, A Novel Application for Interventional Nuclear Medicine?Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
    Review
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  9. SBRT in non-spine bone metastases: a literature review.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2020
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mauro LoiRadiotherapy Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Joost J NuyttensRadiotherapy Department, Erasmus MC Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Isacco DesideriRadiotherapy Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9880-8387
Daniela GretoRadiotherapy Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo LiviRadiotherapy Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone metastases are a frequent and important source of morbidity in cancer patients. Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is an established treatment option for local control and pain relief of bone metastases, and it is increasingly used as upfront treatment, postoperative consolidation or salvage treatment after prior RT. However, heterogeneity of dose schedules described in literature represents a severe limitation in the definition of the role of SBRT as a standard of care. No consensus is available on the use of single versus multiple fraction SBRT for bone metastases. Advantages of single-fraction SBRT include shorter overall duration of treatment, absence of inter-fraction uncertainty, improved compliance, theoretical increased efficacy, and lower costs. However, caution has been advised due to reports of severe late toxicities, in particular, vertebral collapse fracture (VCF). The aim of this paper is to review dose fractionation and indications for the management of bone metastases using SBRT.

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bone metastasesnon-spineradiosurgerySBRTspinestereotactic radiotherapy

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PMID31807069
PMCPMC6842277

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