Fractionation and outcomes with palliative radiation therapy

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Anderson, Penny R ^a,b   Coia, Lawrence R ^a,b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine Rutgers Health Community Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033937525     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srao.2000.6595     Document Type: Article

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