painpalliative treatmentradiotherapyend‐of‐life careBACKGROUND: Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for painful bone metastases. Whether this applies also in patients with limited survival remains to be in
Another patient, 58-year-old Yan from Hanzhong City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, went to the same hospital after a back pain two years ago. He was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer but was not suitable for surgery, as the cancer cells had spread to the lymph, sternum and othe...
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For patients with suspicious or confirmed recurrence and distant metastasis, PET-CT might be an option. Laboratory tests should include routine blood test, liver and renal function, and tumor biomarkers. Assessments of complications should consist of esophageal stenosis, dysphagia, chest pain, and ...
Re-irradiation for painful bone metastases – A systematic review Discussion Painfulbone metastasesare a common occurrence in cancer patients, and greatly influence patient’squality of life[1,2]. Radiotherapy, which produces relief from painful bonemetastases, is an important tool to reduce pain in...
Single-fraction stereotactic vs conventional multifraction radiotherapy for pain relief in patients with predominantly nonspine bone metastases: A randomized phase 2 trial. JAMA Oncol. 2019;5:872–8. Erratum in: JAMA Oncol. 2021;7:1581. Spencer KL, van der Velden JM, Wong E, Seravalli E, ...
Background Radiotherapy delivered with palliative intent can relieve many of the distressing pelvic symptoms associated with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic gynaecologic cancer. Results Series in the literature mainly focus on the outcomes of bleeding and pain for which high response rates are seen....
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