An easy-to-use scoring system to estimate the survival of patients irradiated for bone metastases from lung cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The remaining lifespan of patients with metastatic lung cancer should be considered when designing a personalized treatment program. To facilitate the estimation survival in lung cancer patients with bone metastases, a specific scoring system was created.

Methods

One-hundred-and-fifty-three patients receiving fractionated radiotherapy for bone metastases without spinal cord compression from lung cancer were included in this retrospective study. Age, gender, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score, histology, interval from lung cancer diagnosis until irradiation of bone metastases, visceral metastases, additional bone metastases, type and number of irradiated sites, pathological fracture, upfront surgery and previous systemic treatment were eval

SUBMITTER: Rades D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature