Is Response to Radiotherapy in Patients Related to the Severity of Pretreatment Pain?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1208-1212

  Kirou Mauro, Andrea ^a   Hird, Amanda ^a   Wong, Jennifer ^a   Sinclair, Emily ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pain; Palliative radiotherapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; MICROFLUIDICS; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

BONE METASTASIS; COMPLETE RESPONSE (CR); ELSEVIER (CO); INTERNATIONAL (CO); PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PARTIAL RESPONSE (PR); PERFORMANCE STATUS (PS); PRE TREATMENTS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RAPID RESPONSE;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45249088315     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.062     Document Type: Article

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