OC-0054: A prospective multicenter study of palliative pelvic radiotherapyfor symptomatic incurable prostate cancer
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Palliative pelvic radiotherapy for symptomatic incurable prostate cancer – A prospective multicenter study.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Radiotherapy is used to palliate pelvic symptoms of castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, magnitude and time course of effects and toxicities are poorly documented. Study aims were to evaluate changes in patient-reported target symptoms (TS), health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and toxicity following palliative pelvic radiotherapy (PPRT) of CRPC. MATE...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiotherapy and Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0167-8140
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)40054-4