Short-course palliative radiation therapy leads to excellent bleeding control: A single centre retrospective study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2018.11.007
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. read more here.
Keywords: bleeding control; course palliative; palliative radiation; control ... See more keywords
Experience of Low-Dose, Short-Course Palliative Radiotherapy for Bleeding from Unresectable Gastric Cancer.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0141
Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS The optimal regimen of radiotherapy (RT) for bleeding from gastric cancer (GC) has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of low-dose, short-course palliative RT (LSP-RT) for… read more here.
Keywords: course palliative; low dose; gastric cancer; dose short ... See more keywords