TY - JOUR T1 - The place of radiotherapy in the palliative management of NSCLC JF - Breathe JO - breathe SP - 134 LP - 143 DO - 10.1183/20734735.012711 VL - 8 IS - 2 AU - P.M. Putora AU - M. Früh AU - L. Kern Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/8/2/134.abstract N2 - 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. ER -