Open AccessA comparative study of different dose fractionations schedule of thoracic radiotherapy for pain palliation and health-related quality of life in metastatic NSCLC
Author(s) -
Sourav Sau,
Saikat Sau,
Puspendu Dutta,
Ganesh Chandra Gayen,
Samir Banerjee,
Abhishek Basu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.142111
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , palliative care , pain relief , lung cancer , performance status , overall survival , surgery , oncology , nursing
To investigate the effect of different hypo fractionated thoracic radiotherapy schedules in relation to thoracic pain relief, overall survival and post radiotherapy HRQOL in metastatic NSCLC.