Assessment of National Practice for Palliative Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases Suggests Marked Underutilization of Single-Fraction Regimens in the United States
Rutter CE, Yu JB, Wilson LD, Park HS. Assessment of National Practice for Palliative Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases Suggests Marked Underutilization of Single-Fraction Regimens in the United States. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2014, 91: 548-555. PMID: 25542310, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.10.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer Data BaseBone metastasesRadiation therapyMultiple fraction radiation therapyNon-private health insuranceSingle-fraction regimensPalliative radiation therapyProportion of patientsValue-based treatment decisionsRadiation therapy regimensMultiple-fraction treatmentsSingle-fraction treatmentCost-conscious careIndependent predictorsOsseous metastasesRandomized evidenceTherapy regimensLung cancerTreatment decisionsVertebral sitesClinical practicePatientsMarked underutilizationOlder ageSingle fraction