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Conclusions radiotherapy as palliative treatment
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patient friendly
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non invasive
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quick procedure
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few side effects
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effective local treatment → responses about 60-70%
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pain
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ulceration, bleeding
improvement of QoL
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dyspnea, edema
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evidence based outcome → single or short course schedules
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retreatments –always- possible
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