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Palliative radiotherapy near the end of life
BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of patients with advanced cancer undergo palliative radiotherapy (RT) within their last 30 days of life. This study characterizes palliative RT at our institution and aims to identify patients who may experience limited benefit from RT due to imminent mortality....
Autores principales: | Wu, Susan Y., Singer, Lisa, Boreta, Lauren, Garcia, Michael A., Fogh, Shannon E., Braunstein, Steve E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30904024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0415-8 |
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