Incidence of distal bone metastases in patients treated for palliative radiotherapy and associations with primary tumour types.

Purpose: This study assesses the incidence of distal bone metastases in palliative radiotherapy (RT) patients.

Material And Methods: All courses of RT for bone metastases from 2007-2011 for patient living in British Columbia (BC) were identified in a provincial RT programme. Treated bone metastases (BoM) were categorized as distal if the BoM was located within or distal to the elbow or knee.