Inconsistencies in assessment of pain endpoints in radiotherapy for painful tumors: Analysis of original articles in the Green and Red Journals

Background and purpose: Consistent assessment of the pain response is essential for adequately comparing treatment efficacy between studies. We studied the assessment of pain endpoints in radiotherapy for painful bone metastases (PBMs) and painful non-bone-metastasis tumors (PNTs). Material and meth...

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Main Authors: Tetsuo Saito, Naoto Shikama, Atsunori Yorozu, Hikaru Kubota, Kenta Murotani, Kohsei Yamaguchi, Natsuo Oya, Naoki Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630820300653