Open AccessRadiation therapy for oligometastatic cancer
Author(s) -
Natalia Dengina,
Тимур Митин,
И. В. Тимофеев,
Sergey Usychkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zlokačestvennye opuholi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-6813
pISSN - 2224-5057
DOI - 10.18027/2224-5057-2020-10-3-5-14
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , systemic therapy , cancer , palliative treatment , oncology , primary tumor , metastatic tumor , metastasis , breast cancer
Current approaches to the treatment of patients with metastatic malignant tumors have changed significantly over the past decade. Instead of a purely palliative systemic or just supportive therapy, a large proportion of patients receive an aggressive local treatment directed not only to the primary tumor, but also to metastatic foci, and a number of studies demonstrate the advantage of such approach. This review provides information on the role of radiation therapy as a local method of treatment of cancer patients with oligometastases.