Browsing: Palliative

Ablative radiation to the sacrum differs from treatment to more proximal spine in a big way, namely target lesions occurring…

In the wake of Pope Francis’s final meditation on hope, an Italian radiation oncologist beautifully reflects on a young woman…

This narrative review charts the transformation of palliative radiotherapy from quick pain reliever to synergistic therapeutic employed to meaningfully halt…

Real-time quality-of-life reporting via on-line tool is great, but what happens when you propose an app to an older patient…

The Mayo Clinic at Jacksonville describes its advanced practice provider-led rapid access palliative radiation clinic for bone metastases that decreased…

There are a couple of options when you need to deliver urgent radiation for epidural compression, but you’d also like…

A practical randomized trial demonstrates triggered palliative care visits upon a change in treatment, a hospitalization or a 10-point decrease…

A large (n=1250) rigorous longitudinal prospective randomized trial trial demonstrates equivalent quality of life metrics when delivering standard integrated palliative…

Top Line: It wasn’t so long ago that a radiation oncologist would see “bone met” on her schedule and formulate…

Consensus guidelines recommend sacral SBRT volumes larger than that to which you may be accustomed, and this retrospective look at…