@article{fefe4c03aca644a09418f85f6e68fdec,
title = "Utilization Patterns of Single Fraction Radiation Therapy for Multiple Myeloma",
abstract = "The objective of this study is to analyze the utilization of 8 Gy in 1 fraction for treatment of multiple myeloma bone lesions. The National Cancer Database was used to identify patients with multiple myeloma treated with palliative radiation therapy for painful bony lesions. Only 2.4% of patients received 8 Gy in 1 fraction over the 10-year period. This approach remains underutilized at this time.",
keywords = "Bone lesions, Multiple myeloma, Palliative, Radiation therapy, Single fraction",
author = "{Resende Salgado}, Lucas and Sanders Chang and Meng Ru and Erin Moshier and Zahra Ghiassi-Nejad and Stanislav Lazarev and William Smith and Marcher Thompson and Kavita Dharmarajan",
note = "Funding Information: We extracted data from the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Established in 1989, the NCDB is a nationwide clinical surveillance resource oncology registry, sponsored by the American College of Surgeons and the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American Cancer Society. It is estimated to annually capture 70% of all newly diagnosed cancers in the Unit d States.18 The database is sourced from more than 1500 CoC-accredited facilities in the United States. Data are de-identified and include patient demographic, socioeconomic, clinical factors, and RT characteristics. This study was reviewed and deemed institutional review board-exempt. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.clml.2019.02.010",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "e238--e246",
journal = "Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia",
issn = "2152-2650",
publisher = "Cancer Media Group",
number = "5",
}