Incidence of pain flare in radiation treatment of bone metastases: A literature review
Purpose: Pain flare is a temporary increase in pain and is a potential side effect of radiotherapy treatment. However, its incidence has been reported only in recent studies, and with great variability. A few studies have reported on the use of dexamethasone as a prophylactic agent in the prevention...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Bone Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212137414200091 |