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SUBMITTER: Cellini F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816218 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cellini Francesco F Manfrida Stefania S Deodato Francesco F Cilla Savino S Maranzano Ernesto E Pergolizzi Stefano S Arcidiacono Fabio F Di Franco Rossella R Pastore Francesco F Muto Matteo M Borzillo Valentina V Donati Costanza Maria CM Siepe Giambattista G Parisi Salvatore S Salatino Antonia A D'Agostino Antonino A Montesi Giampaolo G Santacaterina Anna A Fusco Vincenzo V Santarelli Mario M Gambacorta Maria Antonietta MA Corvò Renzo R Morganti Alessio Giuseppe AG Masiello Valeria V Muto Paolo P Valentini Vincenzo V
Trials 20191028 1
<h4>Background</h4>Palliative antalgic treatments represent an issue for clinical management and a challenge for scientific research. Radiotherapy (RT) plays a central role. Techniques such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) were largely investigated in several phase 2 studies with good symptom response, becoming widely adopted. However, evidence from randomized, direct comparison of RT and SBRT is still lacking.<h4>Methods/design</h4>The PREST trial was designed as an interventional study ...[more]