Practice disparities in palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: insights from the Shizuoka Kokuho database study
This population-based study using medical claims data demonstrated practice disparities in pRT for bone metastases, particularly at the facility level. To improve this disparity, facility-level strategies seem to be more effective than SMA-level approaches.
Authors
- Yuhei Miyasaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-1862)
- TATSUYA OHNO
- Yoko Sato
- Hideyuki Harada
- Katsumasa Nakamura
Institutions
- Shizuoka University (JP)
- University of Shizuoka (JP)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- Shizuoka Cancer Center (JP)
- Gunma University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Japanese Journal of Radiology
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-025-01938-8
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00