Bone metastases are a common cause of morbidity in patients with advanced cancer. External-beam radiation therapy (RT) is an effective palliative treatment with high rates of both partial (up to 80%) ...

High daily fraction radiation doses increase the risk of late toxicity, such as myocardial infarction (Cuzick et al, 1994), lymph oedema, and brachial plexopathy (Johansson et al, 2002).

Of 51,533 episodes identified, 46,326 used 2D/3D RT, 3,199 used intensity-modulated RT, and 2,008 used stereotactic body RT. The proportion of 2D/3D RT episodes using 10 or fewer fractions increased ...

Radiation therapy continues to be gold standard for palliative care of painful bone metastases Date: February 14, 2017 Source: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ...

Exploiting inter-fraction motion Researchers are using a MRIdian MR-linac to investigate a new type of radiotherapy known as adaptive fractionation. (Courtesy: ViewRay) With MR-linacs, radiation ...

Leeman sat down with CURE® to compare five-fraction SBRT with traditional radiation techniques for prostate cancer and what the advantages are. Transcript: At face value, doing five-fraction SBRT ...

Standardizing prescribing practices for single-fraction radiation therapy for palliation of bone metastases could lead to cost savings and improvement in patients' quality of life, according to a ...

Single-fraction radiation therapy as effective as multiple-fraction radiation therapy for palliation of bone metastases. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

It used to be that radiation therapy for prostate cancer involved weeks or months of repeat visits to a clinic for treatment. Today that’s not necessarily true. Instead of giving small doses ...

Longitudinal pO 2 imaging of mice with two tumour lines acquired during each fraction of a five-day radiotherapy treatment. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Nature Commun. 10.1038/s41467-020-14415-9). Tumour ...

Single-fraction stereotactic body radiation therapy may be an effective treatment for individuals with central lung cancer, according to prospective study results presented at American Society for ...