Palliative radiotherapy: New prognostic factors for patients with bone metastasis.

Purpose: Many cancer patients develop bone metastases, however the prognosis of overall survival differs. To provide an optimal treatment for these patients, especially towards the end of life, a reliable prediction of survival is needed. The goal of this study was to find new clinical factors in relation to overall survival.

Brain Metastases: Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life after Whole-Brain Radiotherapy.

The aim of this prospective cohort study was to determine the outcome and quality of life (QoL) for patients with brain metastases treated with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). WBRT was given to 162 patients. Treatment outcome was reported through telephone consultation at four and eight weeks after the last fraction of the treatment.