Palliative radiotherapy-New approaches

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Van Oorschot, Birgitt ^a   Rades, Dirk ^b   Schulze, Wolfgang ^c   Beckmann, Gabriele ^a   Feyer, Petra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Clinical Center Bayreuth   (Germany)

^d Clinical Center Neuklln   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN ULCER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 79956206851     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2011.03.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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