ASTRO Bone Metastases Guideline-Full Version
1 Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases: An ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline Stephen T. Lutz, M.D.,* Lawrence B. Berk, M.D., Ph.D.,† Eric L. Chang, M.D.,‡ Edward Chow, M.B.B.S.,§ Carol A. Hahn, M.D.,║ Peter J. Hoskin, M.D.,¶ David D. Howell, M.D.,# Andre A. Konski, M.D.,** Lisa A. Kachnic, M.D.,†† Simon S. Lo, M.B. ChB,§§ Arjun Sahgal, M.D.,║║ Larry N. Silverman, M.D.,¶¶ Charles von Gunten, M.D., Ph.D., FACP,## Ehud Mendel, M.D., FACS,*** Andrew D. Vassil, M.D.,††† Deborah Watkins Bruner, R.N., Ph.D.,‡‡‡ and William F. Hartsell, M.D.§§§ * Department of Radiation Oncology, Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center, Findlay, Ohio; † Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida; ‡ Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; § Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ║ Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; ¶ Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Middlesex, UK; # Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; ** Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; †† Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; §§ Department of Radiation Oncology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; ║║ Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Center and the Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ¶¶ 21st Century Oncology, Sarasota, Florida; ## The Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego Hospice, San Diego, California; *** Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; ††† Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cleveland Clinic 2 Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; ‡‡‡ School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; §§§ Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Cancer Center, Downers Grove, Illinois Reprint requests to: Stephen Lutz, M.D., 15990 Medical Drive South, Findlay, OH 45840.
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