Predicting the survival of patients with bone metastases treated with radiation therapy: a validation study of the Katagiri scoring system

Predicting the survival of patients with bone metastases treated with radiation therapy: a validation study of the Katagiri scoring system

Abstract Background The selection of radiation therapy dose fractionation schedules for bone metastases is often based on the estimation of life expectancy. Therefore, accurate prognosis prediction is an important issue. It is reported that the Katagiri scoring system can be used to predict the surv...

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Main Authors: Hikaru Kubota, Toshinori Soejima, Nor Shazrina Sulaiman, Shuhei Sekii, Yoko Matsumoto, Yosuke Ota, Kayoko Tsujino, Ikuo Fujita, Takuya Fujimoto, Masayuki Morishita, Junichi Ikegaki, Koji Matsumoto, Ryohei Sasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Bone metastasis
Prognostic factors
Katagiri scoring system
Palliative radiation therapy
Optimizing dose-fractionation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1218-z

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