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Short-course palliative radiation therapy leads to excellent bleeding control: A single centre retrospective study

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Highlights • Hemostatic radiotherapy is highly effective (89% bleeding control).• Only 24% of the patients presenting with oncologic bleeding were alive after 1 year.• Regimens with >5 fractions are associated with… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • Hemostatic radiotherapy is highly effective (89% bleeding control).• Only 24% of the patients presenting with oncologic bleeding were alive after 1 year.• Regimens with >5 fractions are associated with more definitive interruptions.

Keywords: bleeding control; course palliative; palliative radiation; control; short course

Journal Title: Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2019

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