Shankar Siva, Radiation Oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, shared a post on X:
” New in Journal of Clinical Oncology – ROBOMET
SABR vs standard radiotherapy for painful bone mets.
Pain relief at 1 month:
SABR (20 Gy single dose): 37% complete response
versus (8 Gy): 25% complete response
at 3-months withSABR: 54% vs 31%, p= .048″
Title: Dose-Escalated Stereotactic Versus Conventional Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases (ROBOMET): A Multicenter, Patient-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Carole Mercier, Charlotte Billiet, Katrien Vandecasteele, Geert De Kerf, Michaël Claessens, Steven Van Laere, Peter Vermeulen, Luc Dirix, Yolande Lievens, Dirk Verellen, Piet Dirix
You can read the Full Article on Journal of Clinical Oncology
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