Browsing: Palliative

Artificial intelligence analyzed the language used in tens of thousands of initial oncology consult notes to accurately predict survival; words…

This dosimetric analysis demonstrates that carbon fiber implants (with similar density to bone) caused virtually no imaging artifacts and minimal…

December 15, 2022 FUN-eral. One of many ways this “expert” on the process of dying walked into hers fully informed…

Top Line: SC.24 showed that spine SBRT (24 Gy in 2 fractions) improves pain control and local control compared to…

Headline: Single-fraction celiac plexus radiosurgery for complex pain arising from adjacent gastrointestinal or retroperitoneal malignancies works. The Study: Kudos to…

What’s better than publications on predictors of vertebral compression fracture and pain flare following spine SBRT? An online calculator, of…

For all the advantages of palliative stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR), a noninvasive treatment delivered over 1-5 days typically with the…

Top Line: Does spine SBRT provide a better pain response than conventional palliative radiation? The Study: At ASTRO 2019, the…