Keywords:
Interventional non-vascular, Musculoskeletal system, CT, Ablation procedures
Authors:
L. M. Gregori, A. Conchiglia, F. Arrigoni, I. Di Murro, L. Zugaro, C. Masciocchi; L'Aquila/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-1297
Conclusion
In some measure,
our study suffers from considerable limitations such as the relatively low number of patients,
the imbalance between the two groups in terms of locations and size of the treated metastases and the retrospective design.
The generalisation and the applicability of our results to the general population with osteolytic bone metastases must be demonstrated.
These data suggest that the association of ablation procedure and radiotherapy treatment improves pain relief due to bone metastases.
Combined treatment using Ct guided ablation followed by RT is safe.
It reduces the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with single bone metastases limiting the need of strong narcotic pain management.
Our findings should be interpreted as a starting point to design future clinical trials