ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Patients with Painful Spinal Bone Metastases.
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- Percutaneous cryoablation in the management of spinal metastases: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Trends in radiotherapy fractionation for bone metastases: a multi-center study of practice patterns before, during, and after COVID-19.Radiation oncology journal · 2026Article
- Impacts of radiation therapy on quality of life and pain relief in patients with bone metastases.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Review
- The importance of planning CT-based imaging features for machine learning-based prediction of pain response.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The complexities of treating brain and spinal cord tumors: a review of current approaches.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Review
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Abstract
This study examined changes in the quality of life (QOL), as well as the factors affecting QOL, among patients with painful spinal bone metastases without paralysis for 1 month after radiotherapy.
methodsThis study included 79 participants (40 male and 39 female; median age, 65 (42-88) years) who had undergone radiotherapy for painful spinal bone metastases without paralysis. Patients' age, sex, activities of daily living (Barthel index), pain, spinal instability (spinal instability neoplastic score [SINS]), and QOL (EORTC QLQ-C30) were investigated.
resultsHaving an unstable SINS score was a positive factor for global health status (
conclusionEngaging in rehabilitation along with radiotherapy leads to improvements in QOL for patients with spinal bone metastases.
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