Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer - MBS item (16015)

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

16015
Administration of Strontium 89 for the relief of bone pain due to skeletal metastases (as indicated by a positive bone scan), if systemic antineoplastic therapy is unavailable or has failed to control the patient’s disease and either: a) the disease is poorly controlled by conventional radiotherapy; or b) conventional radiotherapy is inappropriate, due to the wide distribution of sites of bone pain.