Open AccessHypofractionated radiotherapy as local hemostatic agent in advanced cancer
Author(s) -
Malik Tariq Rasool,
Najmi Arshad Manzoor,
Syed Arshad Mustafa,
Lone Mohammad Maqbool,
Fir Afroz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.92339
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , cervical cancer , lung cancer , anal cancer , cancer , surgery , oncology
Tumor bleeding continues to remain a challenge in an oncological setting, and radiotherapy has been studied as a local hemostatic agent. We studied the role of local radiotherapy in controlling bleeding at our center.