Radiotherapy of splenomegaly: A palliative treatment option for a benign phenomenon in malignant diseases

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 221-224

  Kriz, Jan ^a   Micke, Oliver ^b   Bruns, Frank ^c   Haverkamp, Uwe ^d   Mücke, Ralph ^e   Schäfer, Ulrich ^e   Seegenschmiedt, Heinrich ^f   Müller, Rolf Peter ^a   Eich, Hans Theodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Clemenshospital Munster   (Germany)

^e Hospital Lippe   (Germany)

^f Center of Radiotherapy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Benign disorders; Palliative radiotherapy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPENIA; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955710893     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2252-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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