Patterns of Referral for Palliative Radiation Therapy
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Palliative radiation therapy for advanced gastrointestinal cancer.
Patients with locally advanced disease can have significant local symptoms. The most common symptoms from local extension are pain, bleeding (hematemesis, melena) and obstruction (dysphagia, vomiting). These can cause a significant impact on a patient's quality of life. Radiation therapy is used to control these symptoms with modern 3-dimensional conformal techniques or brachytherapy. The aim o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1561