Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Elderly Patients With Bone Metastases Benefit From Palliative Radiotherapy

Giving palliative radiotherapy to elderly patients with painful bone metastases can significantly improve their quality of life, a Dutch researcher told the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO). With the number of elderly patients who suffer from metastatic disease on the increase due to the ageing of the population and the ability to prolong the palliative phase of cancers, this finding has important implications for clinical practice, said Dr Paulien Westhoff from the Department of Radiotherapy at the University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


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