Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 150-155 , November 2008

Randomized clinical trial with two palliative radiotherapy regimens in painful bone metastases: 30Gy in 10 fractions compared with 8Gy in single fraction

  • Palmira Foro Arnalot

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Palmira Foro Arnalot, Radiation Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Sant Josep de la Muntanya, 12, 08024 Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Agustí Valls Fontanals

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Políclinica Miramar, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    • ,
  • Joan Carles Galcerán

      Affiliations

    • Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
    • Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Frances Lynd

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Cures Pal.liatives, Fundació Sociosanitària de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Xavier Sanz Latiesas

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Nuria Rodríguez de Dios

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Anna Reig Castillejo

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Marti Lacruz Bassols

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
    • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Joan Lozano Galán

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Ismael Membrive Conejo

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Manuel Algara López

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital de l’Esperança, Barcelona, Spain
    • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Received 20 August 2007 ,Revised 14 May 2008 ,Accepted 17 May 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00273-9

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.05.018

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 150-155 , November 2008

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