Key Articles Database - Metastases - Bone

Dutch Bone Metastasis Study  Steenland E, Leer JW, van Houwelingen H, et al.  The effect of a single fraction compared to multiple fractions on painful bone metastases: a global analysis of the Dutch Bone Metastasis Study.  Radiother Oncol. 1999 Aug;52(2):101-9.

Bone Pain Trial Working Party  [No authors listed]  8 Gy single fraction radiotherapy for the treatment of metastatic skeletal pain: randomised comparison with a multifraction schedule over 12 months of patient follow-up. Bone Pain Trial Working Party.  Radiother Oncol. 1999 Aug;52(2):111-21.

RTOG 9714  Hartsell WF, Scott CB, Bruner DW, et al.  Randomized trial of short- versus long-course radiotherapy for palliation of painful bone metastases.  J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jun 1;97(11):798-804.