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Single-institution analysis of the prevalence, indications and outcomes of end-of-life radiotherapy
BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy plays an important role for symptom control in advanced stage cancer patients. Yet patients need to be carefully selected, and its use and benefits must be weighed against time spent under treatment and patient priorities in the last phase of life. In this study, we assess p...
Autores principales: | Christ, Sebastian M., Schettle, Markus, Seiler, Annina, Guckenberger, Matthias, Blum, David, Andratschke, Nicolaus, Hertler, Caroline |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8273096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctro.2021.06.010 |
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