Has the Pattern of Practice in the Prescription of Radiotherapy for the Palliation of Thoracic Symptoms Changed Between 1999 and 2006 at the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8239934	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2008	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

RT schedule for palliation of intrathoracic symptoms did not mirror the results of sequential, conflicting RCTs, suggesting that factors other than the literature influenced practice patterns in palliative thoracic RT.

Keywords

Patterns of practice Palliative radiation Dose fractionation Lung cancer

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Has the Pattern of Practice in the Prescription of Radiotherapy for the Palliation of Thoracic Symptoms Changed Between 1999 and 2006 at the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program?

Authors

Alysa M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Philiz B.Sc., Emily B.Sc., M.R.T.(T)., Elizabeth A. M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Sunita Ph.D.(C), Cyril M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Lisa M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C., May M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Edward M.B.B.S., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.C.,