Response to treatment
death, Pain, pain
Pain intensity, performance status, as well as correction of analgesic use were evaluated first after 48 h following radiation, then once a week during the first 4 weeks, and then once a month until the third month after the radiation, using the same scales as before radiation. These assessments were carried out through telephone interviews or regular check‐ups, based on the standards of the international consensus panel of radiation oncologistsComplete response: the complete absence of pain after radiotherapy without additional analgesics.Partial response: pain reduction of ≥2 on the ordinal pain scale without increasing the analgesic dose.Absence of response to radiation therapy: pain intensity remained the same or worsened within 4 weeks of radiation.Duration of therapeutic response was recorded from the date of maximal response to the date of pain relapse or until study closure or death.Pain relapse: worsening of pain by ≥2 on the ordinal pain scale after initially achieving response.For each patient in our study, follow‐up lasted 3 months from the date of irradiation or until the date of death.