Von Kaganda Bomboka, Erika Galietta, Costanza Maria Donati, Francesco Cellini, Romina Rossi, Milly Buwenge, Tigeneh Wondemagegnehu, Biniyam Tefera Deressa, Afm Kamal Uddin, Mostafa A Sumon, Maria VadalĂ , Marco Maltoni, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti
Palliative radiotherapy (RT) effectively relieves pain in patients with bone metastases (BMs). Furthermore, several clinical trials, in most cases conducted in high-income countries (HICs), proved that single-fraction RT is equally effective compared to multi-fractionated RT. However, the evidence is scarce regarding low/middle-income countries (LMICs), where the diagnosis of BMs could be later and RT techniques less advanced. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review to evaluate the efficacy of palliative RT of BMs in the LMIC setting...
April 5, 2024: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology