Table of Contents
Special Issue: Cancer and pain. Bone metastases
Edited by Richard Rosenbluth, Edward chow, Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick
Editorial – Skeletal related events in patients with metastatic bone disease
Amanda E Hird, Mark Clemons, Liying Zhang, and Edward Chow
Bisphosphonates in combination with radiotherapy for the treatment of bone metastases: A literature review
Shaelyn Culleton, Amanda Hird, Janet Nguyen, Urban Emmenegger, Sunil Verma, Christine Simmons, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao, Arjun Sahgal, Cyril Danjoux, Gunita Mitera, Emily Sinclair, and Edward Chow
Are baseline ESAS symptoms related to pain response in patients treated with palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases?
Shaelyn Culleton, Jocelyn Pang, Liying Zhang, Roseanna Presutti, Janet Nguyen, Gunita Mitera, Emily Sinclair, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao, Cyril Danjoux, Arjun Sahgal, and Edward Chow
Improvement of ESAS symptoms following palliative radiation for bone metastases
Shaelyn Culleton, Liying Zhang, Emily Sinclair, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao, Cyril Danjoux, Sarah Campos, Philiz Goh, and Edward Chow
Impact of pain flare on patients treated with palliative radiotherapy for symptomatic bone metastases
Amanda Hird, Rebecca Wong, Candi Flynn, Stephanie Hadi, Eric de Sa, Liying Zhang, Carlo DeAngelis, and Edward Chow
Validation of meaningful change in pain scores in the treatment of bone metastases
Edward Chow, Amanda Hird, Rebecca Wong, Liying Zhang, Jackson Wu, Lisa Barbera, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, and Cyril Danjoux
Exploring the optimal definitions of partial response and pain progression in patients receiving radiation treatment for painful bone metastases? A preliminary analysis
Roseanna Presutti, Liying Zhang, Amanda Hird, Melissa Deyell, and Edward Chow
A multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic at Sunnybrook Odette cancer centre: A review of the experience from 2006-2008
Janet Nguyen, Emily Sinclair, Albert Yee, Joel Finkelstein, Michael Ford, Anita Chakraborty, Macey Farhadian, Robyn Pugash, Gunita Mitera, Cyril Danjoux, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao, Arjun Sahgal, and Edward Chow
The test-retest reliability of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Group Bone Metastases Module (EORTC QLQ-BM22) questionnaire
Candi J Flynn, Mark Clemons, Liying Zhang, and Edward Chow
Determining reliability of patient perceptions of important bone metastases quality of life issues
Sarah Campos, Liying Zhang, and Edward Chow
Shortening the bone metastases quality of life instrument tool
Lying Zhang, Janet Nguyen, Amanda Hird, and Edward Chow
Surgical stabilization of severely destructive upper cervical lytic bone metastases
Janet Nguyen, Matthew Chung, Michael Ford, Philiz Goh, Joel Rubenstein, Emily Sinclair, Gunita Mitera, and Edward Chow
When all else fails: Simple bracing for the relief of intractable pain
Roseanna Presutti, Sarah Campos, Joel Finkelstein, Joel Rubenstein, Emily Sinclair, Gunita Mitera, and Edward Chow
Cemented hemiarthroplasty, percutaneous acetabular cementoplasty and post operative radiation for a high risk lesion of the hip
Jocelyn Pang, Richard Jenkinson, Gunita Mitera, Andrea Donovan, Robyn Pugash, Maureen Trudeau, Cindy Quinton, Emily Sinclair, Janet Nguyen, Roseanna Presutti, and Edward Chow
Remineralization of an impending fracture from an osteolytic metastasis in a breast cancer patient from palliative radiotherapy and bisphosphonate. A case report
Gunita Mitera, Joel Rubenstein, Joel Finkelstein, Melanie TM Davidson, and Edward Chow
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Need for post procedure radiation therapy after kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty/cementoplasty for bony metastatic disease
Edward Chow, May Tsao, Arjun Sahgal, Elizabeth Barnes, Cyril Danjoux, Gunita Mitera, and Emily Sinclair