Hemi body irradiation: An economical way of palliation of pain in bone metastasis in advanced cancer

South Asian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-32

  Pal, Santanu ^a   Dutta, Samrat ^a   Adhikary, Shyam ^a   Bhattacharya, Biswamit ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^b   Patra, Niladri ^a  

^a Department of Radiotherapy North Bengal MedicalCollege ^*  (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; hemibody irradiation; pain; palliation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84896729952     PISSN: 2278330X     EISSN: 22784306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.126513     Document Type: Article

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