RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The place of radiotherapy in the palliative management of NSCLC
JF Breathe
JO breathe
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 134
OP 143
DO 10.1183/20734735.012711
VO 8
IS 2
A1 P.M. Putora
A1 M. Früh
A1 L. Kern
YR 2011
UL http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/8/2/134.abstract
AB Educational aims To explain the basic rationale of radiation oncology. To set out the typical indications for palliative radiotherapy and its limitations. Summary Palliative treatment may be needed for many patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at diagnosis or during the course of their disease. For many palliative problems, including bleeding, pain, superior vena cava syndrome and obstruction, there are various treatment options, with radiotherapy being one of them. Consequently, multidisciplinary evaluation before a treatment decision is made is very important.