骨转移对于不能治愈癌症的姑息治疗,如果成功地延长了病人的生命或使有限的生命过得好些当然是有益的。调查证明,失眠、疲劳、焦虑恐惧、社会摒弃、发怒、悲伤和压抑,都能增加对疼痛的敏感性。对于一个已知情况的病人,医生的选择不是给特殊的治疗,而是给予不产生任何损伤的治疗。有一些放疗治疗骨转移的理由:改善疼痛,防止早期骨折(特别是股骨和髋臼),以防脊髓受压。从甲状腺癌或肾癌来的单发转移生存几年者及从前列腺癌或乳癌来的多发缓慢生长转移的病人中 Bone metastasis for palliative care that does not cure cancer is certainly beneficial if one succeeds in extending the patient’s life or making a limited life better. Surveys have shown that insomnia, fatigue, fear of anxiety, social abandonment, anger, sadness and depression all increase the sensitivity to pain. For a patient in a known condition, the doctor’s choice is not to give special treatment but to give treatment without any damage. There are some reasons for radiation therapy to treat bone metastases: Improve pain and prevent early fractures (especially the femur and acetabulum) to prevent spinal cord compression. From a single metastasis from thyroid or kidney cancer to survival for several years and in patients with multiple slow-growth and metastasis from prostate or breast cancer