Bone metastasis is a major cause of morbidity in persons with cancer. Complications include
pain, impaired mobility, pathological fracture, spinal cord compression, cranial nerve …

Progress in biological cancer characterization, targeted systemic therapies and
multimodality treatment strategies have shifted the goals of radiotherapy for spinal …

The oligometastatic state is hypothesized to represent an intermediary state of cancer
between widely metastatic disease and curable, localized disease. Advancements in …

Purpose Pain response after conventional external beam radiation therapy (cRT) in patients
with painful bone metastases is observed in 60% to 70% of patients. The aim of the …

Importance Conventional external beam radiotherapy (cEBRT) and stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT) are commonly used treatment options for relieving metastatic bone …

Background Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a promising approach in treating
painful bone metastases. However, the superiority of SBRT over conventional external beam …

Purpose To compare the efficacy and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
and conventional external beam radiation therapy (cEBRT) in patients with previously …

Background and purpose Advances in characterizing cancer biology and the growing
availability of novel targeted agents and immune therapeutics have significantly changed …

Due to advancements in systemic targeted and immunotherapies resulting in improved
disease control and overall survival, and the increasing use of computed tomography and …

Purpose To report long-term outcome of fractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy
(SBRT) for painful spinal metastases. Methods and Materials This prospective, single-arm …