Table of Contents

Special Issue: Bone metastases

Edited by Arjun Sahgal, Edward Chow, Lori Holden, Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick

Editorial

Bone metastases
Arjun Sahgal, Edward Chow, Lori Holden and Joav Merrick

Review Articles

Rapid response radiotherapy program and multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic
Janet Nguyen, Arjun Sahgal, Emily Sinclair, Gunita Mitera, Macey Farhadian, Cyril Danjoux, Joel Finkelstein, Albert Yee, Michael Ford, Robyn Pugash, Urban Emmenegger, Anita Chakraborty and Edward Chow

Conventional radiation treatment and bone metastases
Shaelyn Culleton, Sheldon Kwok and Edward Chow

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for spine tumors
Arjun Sahgal, Eric Massicotte, Raja Rampersaud, Albert Yee, Michael Fehlings, Stephen Lewis, Daniel Letourneau, Derek Hyde, David A Larson and Lijun Ma

Management of malignant spinal cord compression
Gunita Mitera, Arjun Sahgal, Normand Laperriere and Andrew Loblaw

Defining oncologic spinal instability
Michael G Fehlings and Kenny S David

Vertebral compression fractures from spinal metastases: Imaging and application of kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
Roger ML Smith

Less invasive surgical approaches for spine metastases
Raphael Lotan and Joel A Finkelstein

Evaluation of photodynamic therapy as treatment for spinal metastases
Margarete K Akens, Shane Burch and Albert JM Yee

Bisphosphonates in the management of bone metastases
Sara K Taylor, Orit C Freedman, Eitan Amir and Mark Clemons

Spinal cord tolerance to radiation
Arjun Sahgal

Palliative radiotherapy of bone metastases and pain flare
Roseanna Presutti, Amanda Hird, Carlo DeAngelis, Alysa Fairchild, Tanya Holt, Andrew Loblawand Edward Chow

Bone metastases and quality of life
Roseanna Presutti, Janet Nguyen, Amanda Hird, Alysa Fairchild, Mark Clemons, Marc Kerba, Arjun Sahgal and Edward Chow