TY - JOUR AU - Expósito, Jose AU - Jaén, Javier AU - Alonso, Enrique AU - Tovar, Isabel PY - 2012 DO - 10.1186/1748-717X-7-131 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/770 T2 - Radiation oncology (London, England) AB - INTRODUCTIONMetastases are detected in 20% of patients with solid tumours at diagnosis and a further 30% after diagnosis. Radiation therapy (RT) has proven effective in bone (BM) and brain (BrM) metastases. The objective of this study was to analyze... LA - en PB - BioMed Central KW - Palliative radiation therapy KW - Variability KW - Brain metastases KW - Bone metastases KW - Andalucía KW - Atención paliativa KW - VARA II KW - Neoplasias Óseas KW - Neoplasias Encefálicas KW - Dosificación Radioterapéutica KW - Humanos KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Services::Patient Care::Palliative Care KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Nervous System Neoplasms::Central Nervous System Neoplasms::Brain Neoplasms KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans KW - Medical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Bone Neoplasms KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Radiotherapy::Radiotherapy Dosage KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplastic Processes::Neoplasm Metastasis TI - Use of palliative radiotherapy in brain and bone metastases (VARA II study). TY - research article ER -