Bone density and pain response following intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for vertebral metastases - secondary results of a randomized trial.

Radiat Oncol · 2018 · PMC6208115 · PMID 30376859

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.232not close (p > 0.1)

Although numerically higher at 3 months as well (median 419 versus 300), this did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.232), likely owing to the lower sample sizes available at 3 months.

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