Should Postoperative Radiation for Long Bone Metastases Cover Part or All of the Orthopedic Hardware? Results of a Large Retrospective Analysis

Should Postoperative Radiation for Long Bone Metastases Cover Part or All of the Orthopedic Hardware? Results of a Large Retrospective Analysis

Purpose: For patients with long bone metastases who undergo orthopedic stabilization surgery followed by radiotherapy (RT), it is unclear what extent of hardware coverage by the radiation field is needed for optimal tumor control. Methods and Materials: Long bone metastases treated with surgical int...

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Main Authors: Daniel B. Rosen, MD, PhD, Justin M. Haseltine, MD, Meredith Bartelstein, MD, Jessica R. Flynn, MS, Zhigang Zhang, PhD, Zachary A. Kohutek, MD, PhD, Yoshiya Yamada, MD, Adam Schmitt, MD, Daniel S. Higginson, MD, Maksim Vaynrub, MD, Jonathan T. Yang, MD, PhD, Erin F. Gillespie, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109421001147

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