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How effective is radiation therapy on bone metastases?
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Very: Radiation is the treatment of choice for bone mets its very effective palliative therapy for cancer with bone mets.
Answered 6/18/2015
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Very effective: There are many oncology therapies for treating bone metastases, but none are as effective as radiation therapy in both killing cancer cells and relieving pain. We can use a single high dose of treatment or multiple lower doses of treatment.
Answered 10/3/2020
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