Rapid and Durable Symptom Palliation With Quad Shot Radiation Therapy to Nonosseous Metastatic/Recurrent Cancer in Elderly or Frail Patients in a Rural Community Clinic

More than half of patients with cancer receiving radiation therapy (RT) are treated in a palliative setting. Elderly or frail patients with metastatic/recurrent cancer require palliative RT that can provide a rapid cancer-related symptom response with low toxicity and short overall treatment time. C...

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Published in:Advances in radiation oncology 2022-03, Vol.7 (2), p.100871-100871, Article 100871
Main Author: Kil, Whoon Jong
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:More than half of patients with cancer receiving radiation therapy (RT) are treated in a palliative setting. Elderly or frail patients with metastatic/recurrent cancer require palliative RT that can provide a rapid cancer-related symptom response with low toxicity and short overall treatment time. Cyclical hypofractionated RT (quad shot: 14-14.8 Gy/4 fractions, twice-daily treatments with 6-hour intervals on 2 consecutive days monthly to a total of 42-44.4 Gy) can be a practical palliative RT regimen for patients with poor performance status. In this report, we present palliative symptom response and objective tumor response after quad shot for elderly or frail patients with nonosseous metastatic/recurrent cancers in various sites with varying histology.
ISSN:2452-1094
2452-1094
DOI:10.1016/j.adro.2021.100871