骨轉移癌의 姑意的 放射線治療

Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis

To determine the effectiveness of radiotherapy for pain control in metastatic bone disease, we retrospectively analyzed the treatment results in 126 patients who received short-course radiotherapy(2000 rad/1wk vs 3000rad/ 2wks) in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital from Feb. 1979 to July 1983. Pain relief was obtained in 82% of patients and complete pain relief was obtained in 35.3% of patients. The incidence of metastatic bone tumor was highest in spine and pelvis, 43.7% and 26.3% respectively. Primary sites of metastasis were lung, breast, unknown primary, stomach, uterine cervix, in order of frequency. There was no significant difference in the response to treatment between 2000 rad in 1 week and 3000 rad in 2 weeks.