医学
放射治疗
缓和医疗
医学物理学
肿瘤科
重症监护医学
内科学
护理部
作者
Graeme R. Williams,Shwetha Manjunath,Anish A. Butala,Joshua Jones
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.soc.2021.02.007
摘要
Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) is well-tolerated, effective treatment for pain, bleeding, obstruction, and other symptoms/complications of advanced cancer. It is an important component of multidisciplinary management. It should be considered even for patients with poor prognosis, because it can offer rapid symptomatic relief. Furthermore, expanding indications for treatment of noncurable disease have shown that PRT can extend survival for select patients. For those with good prognosis, advanced PRT techniques may improve the therapeutic ratio, maximizing tumor control while limiting toxicity. PRT referral should be considered for any patient with symptomatic or asymptomatic sites of disease where local control is desired.
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