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SUBMITTER: Chow E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4239305 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chow Edward E Meyer Ralph M RM Chen Bingshu E BE van der Linden Yvette M YM Roos Daniel D Hartsell William F WF Hoskin Peter P Wu Jackson S Y JS Nabid Abdenour A Tissing-Tan Caroline J A CJ Oei Bing B Babington Scott S Demas William F WF Wilson Carolyn F CF Wong Rebecca K S RK Brundage Michael M
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20141027 34
<h4>Purpose</h4>We previously demonstrated that 48% of patients with pain at sites of previously irradiated bone metastases benefit from reirradiation. It is unknown whether alleviating pain also improves patient perception of quality of life (QOL).<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We used the database of a randomized trial comparing radiation treatment dose fractionation schedules to evaluate whether response, determined using the International Consensus Endpoint (ICE) and Brief Pain Inventory pain ...[more]