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KMID : 0856920090120010001
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2009 Volume.12 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.4
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Palliative Radiotherapy
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Lee Chang-Geol
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Abstract
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The aim of palliative radiotherapy (RT) is to control cancer-related local symptoms with minimal radiation reaction. About one third of all radiation treatments are given with palliative intent. Indications for RT in symptom palliation are as follows: Pain from bone metastasis, pressure symptom from brain and spinal cord, obstruction of bronchus, esophagus, superior vena cava and malignant cancer bleeding from bronchus, urinary tract, uterine cervix and rectum. In hospice palliative care, RT is very effective for symptom palliation and improvement of quality of life without influence on survival.
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KEYWORD
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Palliative radiotherapy, Bone pain
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