Open AccessPalliative radiotherapy utilization within a regional Australian palliative care unit
Author(s) -
Peter Eastman,
A. Justine Dowd,
James Goonan,
Helen Farrell,
Graham Pitson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - Romanian
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2017.09.07
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , unit (ring theory) , radiation therapy , intensive care medicine , nursing , mathematics education , mathematics
Palliative radiotherapy has been demonstrated to be efficacious for symptom management in advanced malignancy however there are limited data investigating its use for inpatient palliative care patients. The aim of the current paper was to evaluate the utilization of radiotherapy amongst patients admitted to a regional Australian palliative care unit (PCU).