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External radiotherapy in the management of malignant pericardial effusion
1Radiotherapy Department, Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK.
Clinical Radiology
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
Malignant pericardial effusions that are not causing tamponade can be effectively treated by external beam irradiation--a readily available non-invasive treatment. In a consecutive series six out of eight patients achieved good palliation of their effusions as a result of this treatment.