Given that treatment with curative intent is possible in only one-half of cancer victims, and that such treatment frequently fails, the majority of patients with cancer will require relief of symptoms and signs caused by their disease. In this book, the specific contribution of radiation therapy to palliation is considered within the context of multidisciplinary management. Individual chapters are devoted to palliative radiation therapy for primary tumours and metastases at different sites. The management of pain is discussed, and chapters are also devoted to end of life care, the management of complications of radiation therapy, and useful medications. This book will prove useful to radiation oncologists and medical students.
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Preface (by S.M. Mellinkoff); Introduction; Management of Pain; Metastases to Bone; Intracranial Metastases; Spinal Cord Compression Syndrome; Superior Vena Cava Syndrome; Gastrointestinal Cancers: Cancers off the Esophagus; Gastric Cancer; Carcinoma of the Pancreas; Biliary Tract Cancer; Hepatic Metastases; Rectal Carcinoma; Cancers of the Anal Region; Lung Cancer; Breast Cancer; Gynecological Cancer; Genitourinary Cancer: Prostate; Bladder; Kidney; Testis; Malignant Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone; Cancers of the Head and Neck: Oral Cavity; Oropharynx; Hypopharynx; Larynx; Paranasal Sinuses; Tumors of the CNS; End of Life Care; Useful Medications; Subject Index.
