ArticleJournal of bone oncology2026
Letter to the Editor regarding "Questionable indication for postoperative radiotherapy after surgery for metastases of the major long bones": A cautionary note on methodology and analysis.
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Shing Fung LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Joel A FinkelsteinDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Peter J HoskinMount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
Dirk RadesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Eva OldenburgerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Tracy A BalboniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Daniel E RoosDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Hans KrederDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Eric L ChangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Samuel RyuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stony Brook University Health Science Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Amal KhouryDivision of Orthopedics, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Kristopher DennisDivision of Radiation Oncology, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Candice JohnstoneDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Sara R AlcornDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Charles B SimoneNew York Proton Center, New York, NY, USA.
Stephanie BrownNorfolk and Norwich University Hospital, UK.
Jonas WillmannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Joanne M van der VeldenDepartment of Radiotherapy, Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands.
Mateusz SpałekDepartment of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma and Department of Radiotherapy I, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Yvette M van der LindenDepartment of Radiotherapy, Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands.
Joanna KazmierskaRadiotherapy Department II, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland.
Nicolaus AndratschkeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Emily J MartinDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michael ChaoOlivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
Hany SolimanOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kenny KwanDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Raymond C H YauDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Shengji YuDepartment of Orthopedics, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Zhenfeng LiDepartment of Orthopedics, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Albert YeeDivision of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ningning LuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
XinXin ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Gavin P JonesUMass Memorial Medical Group, Worcester, MA, USA.
W L ChanDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Adrian W ChanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer - Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada.
Chung Ming ChanHand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Agata RembielakDivision of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Gustavo N MartaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
Vassilios VassiliouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Saverio CainiCancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network (ISPRO), Florence, Italy.
Edward ChowOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Henry C Y WongDepartment of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong.
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