Clinical analysis of radiotherapy for 45 cases with malignant bone metastatic

VernacularTitle:放射治疗骨转移癌42例临床分析
Author: Wenqin WANG ; Zhiqiu WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Radiotherapy; Carcinoma; Bone metastases
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2009;16(6):988-989
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To analyze the effect of pain control with radiotherapy in bone metastases from malig-nancies. Methods A total of 72 lesions in forty-two cases with bone mestastases were received 6my X ray. The con-ventional radiotherapy was performed in 28 lesions in the way of 200cGy/fraction,5 fracties/week,total dose of 3000 ～5000cGy. The hypofractionation radiotherapy was.performed in 44 lesions in the way of 400cGy/fracfion,3 frac-tions/week,total dose of 2400～3600cGy. Results Overal pain relief rate was 90.28%, there were no significant differences between the two groups(P 0.05). The pain relief of hypofractionation radiotherapy was faster than anoth-er. Conclusion Radiotherapy is a very effective way to relieve pain in bone metastases from malignacies.