Response to radiotherapy
pain
In the entire group of 64 patients, 53 of them (83%) responded to radiotherapy, while 11 patients (17%) did not.Of the 53 radiation responders, 19 (36%) achieved a complete response, that is, the complete absence of pain. In the other 34 patients (64%), a maximum partial response was noted with a median difference in pain reduction of 4 points on the VAS (rank 3–6). The median time to maximal response was 25 days (range 2–93 days), or an average of 3 weeks (0–13 weeks).