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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
[Radiotherapy for tumor pain. Long-term freedom from pain with minimal side-effects]
1Abteilung Strahlentherapie, Universität Ulm. dagmar.dohr@medizin.uni-ulm.de
MMW Fortschritte Der Medizin
|July 27, 2000
Abstract:
Radiotherapy may be the treatment of choice in patients suffering pain from early-stage cancer and is used in curative intent. In addition, it is often used for palliative treatment in advanced tumor disease, when, thanks to local regression of the tumor, pain relief may be long-term and achieved with only mild or moderate side effects.
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