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

The following MBS item is included in this clinical category.

16015
Administration of Strontium 89 forthe 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.