SNMMI Palliative Nuclear Medicine Therapies of Painful Bone Metastases Guideline Summary - Guideline Central

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Document Overview

Document Title: Palliative Nuclear Medicine Therapies of Painful Bone Metastases

Authoring Society: Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Document Publication Date: Mar 22, 2022

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Consensus Statement

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: Yes

Full Text Guideline: snmmi.org/Web/Clinical-Practice/Procedure-Standards/Standards/Palliative-Nuclear-Medicine-Therapies-of-Bone-M

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Scope: Assessment and Screening, Management

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D010166 - Palliative Care

D065126 - Palliative Medicine

D010166 - Palliative Care

D065126 - Palliative Medicine

Keywords: bone metastases

Inclusion Criteria: Male, Female, Adult, Older Adult

Health Care Settings: Hospital, Outpatient

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant

Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology

Number of Source Documents: 84

Includes peer/external review process?: Yes

Includes public comment process?: No

Methodologist involvement?: Yes

Patient involvement?: No

Includes multi-disciplinary group?: Yes

Includes systematic review?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of evidence?: No

Grades quality of strength of recommendation?: No

Discloses conflicts of interest?: Yes

Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?: No