{"title":"Radiation therapy: advancing technologies","authors":"C. Hann, A. Swaminath, J. Sussman","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198837008.003.0021","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Radiation therapy is an effective treatment modality for cancer patients who have developed symptomatic metastatic disease. This chapter illustrates a variety of the most common scenarios and radiation therapy approaches through the use of a descriptive case study.","PeriodicalId":149820,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Palliative Medicine: A Case-Based Manual","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198837008.003.0021","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Radiation therapy is an effective treatment modality for cancer patients who have developed symptomatic metastatic disease. This chapter illustrates a variety of the most common scenarios and radiation therapy approaches through the use of a descriptive case study.