Radiotherapy in the symptomatic treatment of the oncological patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 C, 1999, Pages 3375-3382

  Donato, Vittorio ^a   Montagna, Antonietta ^a   Musio, Daniela ^a   Cellini, Numa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BONE PAIN; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033429592     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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