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Summary I
• Radiotherapy is an
effective method
of palliative treatment of symptoms
of different cancers.
• There are almost
no detailed guidelines
(except bone mets) for doses
and scheduling, due to often complicated clinical situation of the patient.
• Therefore, treatment choices and decisions are
more individual
than
ever before.
• Generally
shorter, hypofractionated courses
are recommended as
convenient for patient, highly effective and minimally toxic.
• Some symptoms are dose dependent (liver metastases) others –not
(gastric cancer)
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