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Novel approach involving stereotactic body radiotherapy followed by intramedullary nail placement for long bone metastases: a case report

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

CTV:

Clinical target volume

GTV:

Gross tumor volume

PD:

Prescribed dose

PET:

Positron emission tomography

PTV:

Planning target volume

SBRT:

Stereotactic body radiotherapy

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  1. Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Kei Ito & Nakajima Yujiro

  2. Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Toshihide Hirai & Tomotake Okuma

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by KI and YN. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KI and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ito, K., Hirai, T., Yujiro, N. et al. Novel approach involving stereotactic body radiotherapy followed by intramedullary nail placement for long bone metastases: a case report. Clin Exp Metastasis 38, 425–427 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-021-10105-y

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