Palliative whole-brain radiotherapy and health-related quality of life for patients with brain metastasis in cancer
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Palliative whole-brain radiotherapy and health- related quality of life for patients with brain metastasis in cancer
OBJECTIVE To assess the use of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in the treatment of brain metastases (BMs) and to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 46 patients with BMs who were treated with WBRT at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University between January 2013 and Janua...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1178-2021
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s87109