Palliative care consultation for bone metastases radiotherapy patients shows no outcome data in protocol
Hospital palliative care teams may improve satisfaction for advanced cancer patients
This is a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in patients with bone metastases referred for radiotherapy. The intervention is c…
A hospital trial suggests that adding palliative care consultations could boost satisfaction for patients with bone metastases and advanced …
CT-Based Radiomics Model Predicts Pain Relief After Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases
AI Predicts Who Will Get Pain Relief from Radiation
This retrospective dual-center study developed a CT-based radiomics model (KNN) to predict pain relief after palliative radiotherapy in 134 …
You’re sitting in the oncology clinic, tired from weeks of pain.
225Ac-DOTA-IBA shows pain relief and imaging responses in bone metastases preliminary study
Small preliminary study shows promising pain relief with new bone cancer treatments
A preliminary study of 14 patients with bone metastases found that 225Ac-DOTA-IBA at 3.7 MBq per cycle led to pain relief in 92.9% after the…
New bone cancer drugs relieved pain in 93% of patients and improved daily function with no severe side effects in this early study.
Questions about bone metastases
Will seeing a palliative care team help my bone metastases pain?
Seeing a palliative care team can help manage bone metastases pain by improving satisfaction with care and reducing symptom burden through a multidisciplinary approach.
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