Sarcoma
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 927972, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/927972
Clinical Study

Radiation Therapy for Palliation of Sarcoma Metastases: A Unique and Uniform Hypofractionation Experience

Viacheslav Soyfer,1,2 Benjamin W. Corn,1,2 Yehuda Kollender,2,3 Haim Tempelhoff,1,2 Isaac Meller,2,3 and Ofer Merimsky2,4

1Division of Oncology, Institute of Radiation Therapy, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
2The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
3National Unit of Orthopedic Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
4Unit of Bone and Soft Tissue Oncology, Division of Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel

Received 13 October 2009; Revised 18 January 2010; Accepted 10 February 2010

Academic Editor: Martin Robinson

Copyright © 2010 Viacheslav Soyfer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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