Palliative irradiation of bone metastases: patterns of care with focus on single fraction treatment

Conclusion Despite clinical evidence of its efficacy, the use of a single fraction regimen in palliative radiotherpy of bone metastases has been increasing relatively slowly. This method is applied more frequently in patients with poor prognosis, in metastases to long bones and to ribs, as well as for small radiotherapy fields. Given the scarce resources of radiotherapy in Poland and satisfactory efficacy of single-fraction irradiation, this schedule should be recommended for wider use.