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Bone Research
Reports outline bone research study results from Queen's University
January 15th, 2008
Researchers in Kingston, Canada conducted a study "To describe the use of palliative radiotherapy (PRT) for bone metastases in Ontario between 1984 and 2001 and identify factors associated with the choice of fractionation. Electronic RT records from the nine provincial RT centers in Ontario were linked to the Ontario Cancer Registry to identify all courses of PRT for bone metastases." "Between 1984 and 2001, 44,884 patients received 74,432 courses of PRT for bone metastases in Ontario. The mean number of courses per patient was 1.7, and 65 % of patients received only a single course of PRT for bone metastasis. The mean number of fractions per course was 3.9. The...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-15)
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