Another implementation study indicates a recent diagnostic CT can effectively serve as the planning CT for carefully selected patients receiving single-fraction palliative radiation to non-spine bone and soft tissue mets—even doses up to 20 Gy—facilitating expedited same-day treatment, though rotational errors, particularly for pelvic and appendicular targets, can meaningfully diminish target coverage. | Javor, Pract Radiat Oncol 2026

