Open AccessSingle dose radiotherapy in soft tissue tumoral masses: just enough palliation
Author(s) -
Andrés Vargas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.1016/j.rpor.2019.12.010
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , radiation therapy , life expectancy , performance status , palliative care , cancer , radiology , surgery , overall survival , population , environmental health , nursing
Single fraction radiotherapy (SFR) is effective in palliation of symptoms related to advanced cancer. Despite this, several studies have shown that the trend towards multiple fraction treatment (MFR) is largely maintained. Even in patients with limited life expectancy, SFR is significantly underutilized in current practice.