Palliative radiotherapy-New approaches

Birgitt Van Oorschot; Dirk Rades; Wolfgang Schulze; Gabriele Beckmann; Petra Feyer

doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.015

Palliative radiotherapy-New approaches

Birgitt Van Oorschot^*, Dirk Rades, Wolfgang Schulze, Gabriele Beckmann, Petra Feyer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Clinic of Radiotherapy

University of Würzburg

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Abstract

Most cancer patients will require radiation therapy some time during their disease. Thirty percent to 50% of all radiation treatments are palliative, either to alleviate symptoms or prophylactic to prevent deterioration of quality of life from local progressive disease. Radiotherapy is a locally effective tool. It typically causes no systemic and mostly mild acute side effects. We will provide an overview of principles, decision-making, and new developments in palliative radiation therapy.

Original language	English
Journal	Seminars in Oncology
Volume	38
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	443-449
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0093-7754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.015
Publication status	Published - 06.2011

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