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Palliative whole‐brain radiotherapy fractionation: Convenience versus cognition?
Author(s) -
Lutz Stephen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.23069
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , central nervous system , palliative care , cognition , dose fractionation , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , nursing
Although the acute side effects of radiotherapy are influenced by total dose and length of the treatment course, the late effects on the central nervous system may be more pronounced with a larger daily fraction size. Nevertheless, palliative care physicians are calling for shorter treatment courses for their patients who will not likely live long enough to experience the consequences of those late effects. See also pages 000–000.