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Are there any situations where you would not offer SBRT for an oligometastatic bone lesion from breast cancer?

Is the dose fractionation used in BR-001 (10Gyx3) appropriate for all osseous locations, for example humeral head metastases?
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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic
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Many things are learned "the hard way." I have zapped a LOT of bone mets from prostate, breast, and other sites in the oligometastatic setting. One patient had a solitary met from Lung CA n his R humerus. It involved 2/3 of the length and had substantial soft tissue extension. It was 2008'ish and I ...

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