Treatment of Solitary Painful Osseous Metastases with Radiotherapy, Cryoablation or Combined Therapy: Propensity Matching Analysis in 175 Patients

Mario Di Staso,Giovanni Luca Gravina,Luigi Zugaro,Pierluigi Bonfili,Lorenzo Maria Gregori,Pietro Franzese,Francesco Marampon,Francesca Vittorini,Roberto Moro,Vincenzo Tombolini,Ernesto Di Cesare,Carlo Masciocchi

Treatment of Solitary Painful Osseous Metastases with Radiotherapy, Cryoablation or Combined Therapy: Propensity Matching Analysis in 175 Patients

2015

Mario Di Staso
Giovanni Luca Gravina
Luigi Zugaro
Pierluigi Bonfili
Lorenzo Maria Gregori
Pietro Franzese
Francesco Marampon
Francesca Vittorini
Roberto Moro
Vincenzo Tombolini
Ernesto Di Cesare
Carlo Masciocchi

Purpose aim of this study was to identify outcomes in pain relief and quality of life in patients with a solitary painful osseous metastasis treated by radiotherapy, cryoablation or the combination using a propensity score matching study design.

Keywords:

Combined Modality Therapy
Cryoablation
Propensity score matching
Cryotherapy
Metastasis
Radiation therapy
Retrospective cohort study
Quality of life
Surgery
Medicine

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