Double-flash, large-fraction radiation therapy as palliative treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome in the elderly

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-160

  Lonardi, Federico ^a   Gioga, Gloria ^a   Agus, Graziella ^a   Coeli, Manuela ^a   Campostrini, Franco ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hypofractionated radiotherapy; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOLID TUMOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TOXICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036936528     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-001-0313-4     Document Type: Article

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