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Published on: April 17, 2012
Palliative radiation therapy for advanced gastrointestinal cancer
Naoya Murakami1, Keiichi Nakagawa, Hideomi Yamashita
1Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. ore-murakami@hotmail.co.jp
Abstract:
Patients with locally advanced disease can have significant local symptoms. The most common symptoms from local extension are pain, bleeding (hematemesis, melena) and obstruction (dysphagia, vomiting). These can cause a significant impact on a patient's quality of life. Radiation therapy is used to control these symptoms with modern 3-dimensional conformal techniques or brachytherapy. The aim of this study was therefore to review the outcome of palliative radiation therapy in patients with symptomatic locally advanced or recurrent gastrointestinal cancer.
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