The palliative uses of radiation therapy in surgical oncology patients

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 185-201

  Ferris, F D ^a   Bezjak, A ^a   Rosenthal, S G ^a  

^a San Diego Hospice   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035136523     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1055-3207(18)30092-9     Document Type: Review

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